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Nazca
Marielle Crist
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∙ 9y agoThe Cocos Plate is in the Pacific Ocean. It is a tectonic plate that is moving or subducting under the Caribbean Plate.
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∙ 15y agoThe Nazca Plate.
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Which plates is subducting beneath the South American plate?
The nazca plate
What type of structure has formed where the Jaun de Fuca plate is subducting beneath the North American plate?
The Nazca Plate and the South American Plate are colliding. Because oceanic plates like the Nazca are more dense than continental plates, they are forced below the continental plate and subduct, or flow downward into the mantle at varying degrees of descent from the area of collision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
Subduction of nazca plate beneath TE south American plate since nazca plate is an oceanic plate, which means it is more dense than the south American plate, which is continental. Oceanic plates have 3.0g/cm^3 of density. Continental have 2.8g/cm^3 of density. Denser plate always sinks beneath less dense plates :)
Where do convergent plate boundaries occur in the world?
The most common type of plate boundary is a convergent/compressional/destructive plate boundary. The plates are moving together. Examples of this are: Soufriere Hills volcano - the Atlantic plate is subducting underneath the Caribbean plate. Mt Pinatubo - the Phillippine plate is subducting beneath the indo-Australian plate. You get volcanoes and earthquakes at these plate boundaries. :) Hope this helped.
Are the Cascade Mountains still growing today?
yes they are because the Pacific PLate is subducting under the North American Plate
Which plates is subducting beneath the South American plate?
The nazca plate
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes?
north american
Which plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate to form the Andes Mountain Ranges?
north american
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes mountain range?
north american
Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate to form the Andes mountain range?
north american
Which plate is subducting beneath south American plate to form the san Andreas mountain range?
Nazca
Which plate is subducting beneath the south American plates to form the Andes mountain range?
north american
What type of structure has formed where Juan De fuca plate is subducting beneath the North American plate?
trenches
The Nazca Plate is currently going through a process of subduction while colliding with the South American Plate because?
The Nazca Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate bordering the South American Plate. These plates are subducting along the Peru-Chile Trench and causing most of the Andean geography we see today as the Nazca Plate is being forced beneath the South American plate.
What happens when nazca plate pushes into south American plate?
The Nazca Plate is subducted beneath the South American Plate.
Which tectonic plates cause the Andes mountains to rise?
The Andes Mountain Range is a result of the Nazca Plate subducting under the South American Plate.
What type of structure has formed where the Jaun de Fuca plate is subducting beneath the North American plate?
The Nazca Plate and the South American Plate are colliding. Because oceanic plates like the Nazca are more dense than continental plates, they are forced below the continental plate and subduct, or flow downward into the mantle at varying degrees of descent from the area of collision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
