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Which best explains the absence of volcanoes and earthquakes at a passive continental margin?
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Earthquakes and volcanoes are rare due to the distance from any active boundaries.
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What is an aseismic area?
'seismic' = prone to earthquakes 'aseismic' = the absence of notable earthquakes
What could the reason for the presence or absence of metallic deposit in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
What could be the reason for the presence of absence of metallic deposits in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
Sentence of absence?
The absence of a passenger put the cruise ship on high alert.
Does Pluto have any earthquakes?
Pluto does not have earthquakes because look at the word earthquakes.So,earth is in the word so earth is the only planet that has earthquakes.Not Pluto.Pluto doesn't have earth quakes.there is no such word of Plutoquakes.
Why are there earthquakes in the region of pacific plate and north America plan despite the absence of volcanoes?
The Pacific plate is sliding past the North American plate.Both move in same direction, but the Pacific plate is moving faster.The result is earthquakes now and then-but no volcanoes.
What is an aseismic area?
'seismic' = prone to earthquakes 'aseismic' = the absence of notable earthquakes
Which inference is best supported by the moon's apparent absence of continental drift?
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What was the weakness of wegeners proposal of continental drift?
an absence of fossil evidence
What could be the reason for the presence or absence of metallic deposits in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
Which of these would be indications that a given mountain range was not formed by subduction?
It is not along an ocean coastline. There are no volcanoes.
What could be reason for the presence or absence of metallic in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
What could be reason for the presence or absence of deposits in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
Is the absence of deep focus earthquakes along the oceanic ridge system is inconsistent with the theory of plate tectonics?
No, the crust is very thin under the oceanic ridge system, making deep focus earthquakes impossible there as the crust does not have the required depth for such earthquakes.
What could be reason for presence or absence of metalic deposits in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
What could be reason for the presence of absence of metalic deposits in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
What could the reason for the presence or absence of metallic deposit in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
