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Trenches occur at convergent boundaries when one tectonic plate which is more dense, is pushed beneath another tectonic plate that is less dense. This process is called subduction.
Usually where divergent boundaries in the earth's crust are. When faults move apart, they create trenches.<-- no divergent boundaries in the ocean create mountain ridges not trenches
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What causes oceanic trenches?
Deep ocean trenches are made where one plate is submerged under another
Deep ocean trenches are evidence for?
Deep ocean trenches are evidence for plate tectonics, showing where one tectonic plate is subducting beneath another. These trenches form at convergent boundaries when the denser oceanic plate sinks into the mantle. The presence of deep ocean trenches also indicates areas of seismic activity and potentially tsunamis.
Why are Oceanic trenches found only in association with subduction zones?
The trenches are evidence that one of the colliding plates is moving beneath the other. As the two plates move together, one gets pushed below the other. The place where this sinking/bucking occurs creates a deep trench. The deepest of which is Marianas trench about 7 miles deep.
Is it true that At deep-ocean trenches conduction allows oceanic crust to sink back into the mantle?
No, subduction does.
What does an oceanic-oceanic convergence give rise to?
An oceanic-oceanic convergence occurs when two plates made of oceanic crust collide. This collision can lead to the formation of deep oceanic trenches, volcanic island arcs, and earthquakes. Over time, the denser plate may subduct beneath the other, leading to the recycling of oceanic crust back into the mantle.
Deep-oceanic trenches are most abundant around the rim of the?
Deep-oceanic trenches are most abundant around the rim of the Pacific. Deep ocean trenches are surficial evidence for sinking of oceanic lithosphere into the mantle at a subduction zone.
Oceanic crust returns to the mantle at deep ocean trenches which are?
rocks
When two oceanic plates collide it creates?
when two oceanic plates collide they create a deep-ocean trench, at deep-ocean trenches subduction occurs.
What is the land forms produced underwater caused by the movement of oceanic plate?
Mid oceanic ridges and deep sea trenches.
At deep-ocean trenches what allows oceanic crust to sink back into the mantle?
Subduction.
What is the process where oceanic crust is sinking under continents at deep ocean trenches?
Sinkation
Are oceanic plates only made up of oceanic crust?
yes but oceanic crust is younger than continental crust because of deep sea trenches
Deep ocean trenches are surficial evidence for?
plate tectonics and the process of subduction. They are formed where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, leading to the creation of the deep trenches in the ocean floor. This process is associated with the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates.
What causes oceanic trenches?
Deep ocean trenches are made where one plate is submerged under another
Are the oldest rocks of the oceanic crust found in deep ocean trenches far away from active mid-ocean ridges?
No, the oldest rocks of the oceanic crust are typically found near the continents where they have had more time to form and accrete. Deep ocean trenches are usually associated with subduction zones where tectonic plates are being forced underneath each other, rather than locations where new oceanic crust is forming.
What forms when continental crust converge with oceanic crust?
Deep sea trenches, Mountain ranges, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes.
What is the region where oceanic lithosphere sinks into the asthenosphere?
deep ocean trenches
