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When two continental plates collide what types of mountains are found?
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What geological features are formed by tectonic plates?
Volcanoes, faults, plate boundaries, mountains, oceanic trenches, rift zones, young crust, and continental crust.
Is runny lava found in continental or oceanic plates?
Ocean
Why are ocean fossils found at the top of the rocky mountains?
When two continental plates collide, one has to give and the other rises over the first. It there are fossils in this material, it can be pushed to the highest peaks of mountains. Evidence of this is found in the grand canyon where fossils of ocean creatures anr found many thousands of feet above sea level.
Where in Earth's crust would you find basalt?
Most basalt is found in the oceanic plates. Most granite is found in the continental plates.
Do colliding plates cause volcanoes?
i didn't know either, It is definatly either mountains or volcanoes, but it is difficult to dissifer which one. I am doing this for my Yr9 geography project on Boundarys and i still havn't found the answer. sorry.
Where are tilted blocks of rock commonly found?
where two continental plates collide
What were the folding and faulting found in rocks of the blue ridge mountains created by?
Collisions Of Continental Plates
What processes found at hot spots will help form the following rocks?
Metamorphic rocks are formed by continental plates colliding. These are Himalayan or Alps mountains. Sedimentary rock is also made into mountains when it is pushed up where tectonic plates collide.
Where are mountains usually found?
Large mountains are usually found where continental plates come together. For instance, the Himalaya Mountains are the result of the Indian subcontinent impacting South Asia.
What type of landform is found at converging continental plates Why?
When two continental plates collide, the crust is thickened, buckled and deformed--gaining elevation. Mountain chains are the result; their creation occurring over periods of millions of years.
What is the relationship between volcanism and fold mountains?
In reality there is little relationship between volcanism and fold mountains, other than that of the underlying theory of plate tectonics. Fold mountains are formed when two continental plates collide and a "crumple zone" forms. This crumple zone is where the edge of the continental plates are crushed rather than subsumed. Volcanism is the general term used to describe the events of volcanoes and their relevant sources (magma and the earth mantle). Any relationship of the two is derived from the link between the edges of the continental plates and the escaping magma commonly found in such places (i.e. volcanoes).
What type of mountain is the Himalayas?
The Himalayas are Fold Mountains
What is one reason why fossils are found in the Ural Mountains?
Some scientists believed that a great flood left the fossils on Ural mountains. Other scientists believed that there were subcontinents that collide with each other creating the mountains by pushing the tectonic plates up.
Are mountains found on the continental plate?
Yes
What geological features are formed by tectonic plates?
Volcanoes, faults, plate boundaries, mountains, oceanic trenches, rift zones, young crust, and continental crust.
Is runny lava found in continental or oceanic plates?
Ocean
Why are ocean fossils found at the top of the rocky mountains?
When two continental plates collide, one has to give and the other rises over the first. It there are fossils in this material, it can be pushed to the highest peaks of mountains. Evidence of this is found in the grand canyon where fossils of ocean creatures anr found many thousands of feet above sea level.
