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Where is the place where oceanic crust bends back into the mantle?
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This is known as a subduction zone.
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Do subduction take place when two oceanic crust meet?
No subduction doesn't take place when two oceanic crust meet. When two oceanic crusts meet, it is called a divergent boundary. Crustal features vary such as one like mid-ocean rdges. Subducting takes place when an OCEANIC and CONTINENTAL plate meet not when two oceanic plates meet.
Im the place where older crust is destroyed because two plates converge or push together?
The place where two plates converge is called a convergent boundary. This results in a subduction zone where the heavier oceanic lithosphere is consumed into the mantle.
Places where new sea floor is being created?
New oceanic crust is formed when volcanic activity disrupts the seafloor at the mid- ocean ridge. When this occurs it is referred to as oceanic spreading.
What is the name of the layer of earth where volcanoes form?
Volcanoes appear only on the crust, but are caused by processes taking place in the mantle.
What elements make up the asthenosphere?
The lithosphere is composed of the oceanic and continental crust, along with the rigid upper mantle. The asthenosphere is the plastic like upper mantle directly below the lithosphere where rock can move, bend, and deform without breaking.
Crust is destroyed near?
Crust is destroyed at the convergent plate boundaries in Earth. In between the oceanic and continental plates, the subduction of the denser oceanic crust takes place.
What is the place where the oceanic crust is forced under the continental crust?
This is called a subduction zone.
What are convertgent boundaries?
A conversion boundary is a place where 2 tectonic plates are mving toward each other. There are 3 types of convergent boundaries OCEANIC CRUST-OCEANIC CRUST OCEANIC CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST CONTINENTAL CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST They are classified according to their crust
Where did project mohole take place?
Project Mohole took place in the deep ocean offshore of Guadalupe Island, about 200 miles off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. The aim of the project was to drill through the Earth's crust to reach the mantle beneath the oceanic crust.
Do subduction take place when two oceanic crust meet?
No subduction doesn't take place when two oceanic crust meet. When two oceanic crusts meet, it is called a divergent boundary. Crustal features vary such as one like mid-ocean rdges. Subducting takes place when an OCEANIC and CONTINENTAL plate meet not when two oceanic plates meet.
Do earthquakes destroy the land?
No. They may damage man made structures and cause the earth's crust to deform but they do not destroy it. The only place earth's crust is destroyed (although recycled may be a more appropriate term) is at a subduction zone where oceanic crust sinks back down into earth's mantle.
Is there any place on earth where materiel from the surface moves into earths interior and some of it melts?
Yes. Such areas are called subduction zones. They develop where two tectonic plates converge and at least one plate is made of oceanic crust. The denser oceanic plate sinks into the mantle.
Why oceanic crust younger than the continental crust?
Oceanic crust is constantly created and recycled due to place tectonics. Oceanic crust is created by spreading ridges in the ocean floor and the oceanic plates subside under continental plates thus forcing it back down into the magma as the plate grows. Searching Oceanic Plate Tectonics on google will provide images that made this easier to understand.
Is continental crust thinner than oceanic crust?
It is about 20 miles or 30 kilometers.
lithosphere?
a rigid layer that can break under stress
Im the place where older crust is destroyed because two plates converge or push together?
The place where two plates converge is called a convergent boundary. This results in a subduction zone where the heavier oceanic lithosphere is consumed into the mantle.
Places where new sea floor is being created?
New oceanic crust is formed when volcanic activity disrupts the seafloor at the mid- ocean ridge. When this occurs it is referred to as oceanic spreading.
