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Where on earth is there an example of an oceanic plate going under a continental plate?
This phenomenon is called plate subduction and is seen in South America where the Nazca plate is being subducted under the South American plate. The Juan the Fuca plate is being subducted under North American plate.
What plates can create a volcanic arc?
An oceanic plate being subducted under a continental plate.
What builds up earths surface?
Earth's land surface is built up by a process called tectonic subduction.Related Information:This process occurs as one tectonic plate is subducted (slips under) another, while the subducting plate is elevated as it moves over the subducted plate. The subducted plate is most commonly a oceanic plate.
When 1 plate is forced beneath another?
Subduction
When two oceanic plates meet witch plate gets subducted and why?
When two oceanic plates meet, which plate gets subducted and why
Where on earth is there an example of an oceanic plate going under a continental plate?
This phenomenon is called plate subduction and is seen in South America where the Nazca plate is being subducted under the South American plate. The Juan the Fuca plate is being subducted under North American plate.
What plates can create a volcanic arc?
An oceanic plate being subducted under a continental plate.
What plates create a volcanic arc?
An oceanic plate being subducted under a continental plate.
What builds up earths surface?
Earth's land surface is built up by a process called tectonic subduction.Related Information:This process occurs as one tectonic plate is subducted (slips under) another, while the subducting plate is elevated as it moves over the subducted plate. The subducted plate is most commonly a oceanic plate.
When the Earth's crust collides mountains are formed.?
So long as one plate is not subducted.
When 1 plate is forced beneath another?
Subduction
What type of boundary separates Altantic plate and Caribbean plates?
The Atlantic Plate is being subducted beneath the eastern Caribbean Plate.
A deep crack in the earth is called?
A deep ocean trench is a portion of the Earth's crust in which a tectonic plate is being subducted (pushed down) below another plate. At the border of the 2 plates there is a down turned portion of the uppermost plate along the uppermost edge of the subducting plate. Within this area a trench is formed and as correctly pointed out, this plate interaction does cause the deepest places on Earth.
What plates are being subducted under Oregon and Washington?
Juan De Fuca Plate
California earthquakes occur because the pacific plate is being subducted under what continental tectonic plate?
North American
Why does the Earth's size remains the same despite of what is happening at the mid-oceanic ridge?
An equal amount of oceanic crust is being subducted at the convergent plate boundaries as is being created at the mid-oceanic ridge.
What marks the spot where a plate is being subducted?
Normally a trench develops, marking the area of subduction.
