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When one continental plate slides under another this is formed?
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When one plate slides beneath another it is said to subduct. This is called a subduction zone. However, a continental plate cannot subduct, only an oceanic plate can. When two continental plates collide the land between them is squeezed horizontally, forming mountain ranges. Eventually the continental land masses will fuse together.
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When two continental plates collide sometimes one plate slides beneath the other in a process known as subduction. When one continental plate slides beneath another......?
material from the Earth's surface is returned to the interior.
When one continental plate slides under another one is formed?
NO that would mean we are making heaps of tetonic plates although this scenario can cause an earthquake and for rocks to slide under or above the plates and the mantle
Describe what happens in the three different kinds of plate collisions?
Subduction (where one plate is forced beneath another less dense plate - may occur at oceanic-oceanic and oceanic-continental boundaries), obduction (where oceanic plate is forced over a continental plate) and orogenesis where two continental plates collide and mountains are formed (e.g. the Himalayas).
What is formed when two plates collide and press upward?
Mountains are formed in this way. The Himalayan mountains were formed this way; in fact, they are still growing today as one plate slides under another.
When one tectonic plate slides on one another?
earthquake
What is formed when a dense ocean plate slides beneath a continental plate?
A subduction zone is formed.
How is the lava formed insind a volcano?
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, it forms a volcano. The oceanic plate subducts underneath the continental plate. As the oceanic plate slides underneath, a magma chamber is formed. This magma chamber is what feeds the volcano.
These are formed when oceanic plates slide under continental plates?
When oceanic plates slide under continental plates they form subduction zones. Subduction zones always occur at convergent boundaries where one plate slides beneath another plate.
When two continental plates collide sometimes one plate slides beneath the other in a process known as subduction. When one continental plate slides beneath another......?
material from the Earth's surface is returned to the interior.
Why is oceanic lithosphere subducted during and oceanic continental collision where as the continental plate is not?
the oceanic plate is less bouyant so it slides under the continental plate
What formed the Himalaya?
The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the Eurasian plate (continental) and the Indo-Australian plate (continental).
When one continental plate slides under another one is formed?
NO that would mean we are making heaps of tetonic plates although this scenario can cause an earthquake and for rocks to slide under or above the plates and the mantle
What happens when the oceanic plate moves to the side and the oceanic plate slides past the continental plate?
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What is formed when plate slides against another plate?
well it's simple: an earthquake that can kill and destroy cars, trees, and buildings and they can cause tsunamies
Could the Himalaya mountains be formed into a continental-continental convergence?
The Himalayas are formed from a continental to continental plate convergence.
What is formed when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate?
A subduction zone, with a whole host of other geological features such as an Island arc, volcanoes and a mountain range.
What two plates formed mount Pinatubo?
Mt. Pinatubo is in a subduction zone. subduction is when one tectonic plate slides under another. In the Mt. Pinatubo area the Eurasian Plate slides under the Philippine Sea Plate at the Manila Trench.
