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Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are the names of four tectonic plates located near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano?
Nevado del Ruiz is on the South American Plate and is the result of the Nazca plate subducting under it. The Cocos and Caribbean plates are not far away.
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 :)
What tectonic plates of the lithosphere created the Andes?
The Andes mountain range is created by Pacific Plate diving under the South American Plate. The lighter materials on the subducting plate are easily melted, and thus create the volcanic chain that is the Andes.
Which plate is subducting beneath the south American plates to form the Andes mountain range?
north american
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 South American plate?
Nazca
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 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What boundary is Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
The Trench and Andes are on the boundaries of the Nazca and South American Plates. Both of those landforms are the result of a subducting Nazca Plate.
What boundary is Peru Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
The Trench and Andes are on the boundaries of the Nazca and South American Plates. Both of those landforms are the result of a subducting Nazca Plate.
What are the names of four tectonic plates located near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano?
Nevado del Ruiz is on the South American Plate and is the result of the Nazca plate subducting under it. The Cocos and Caribbean plates are not far away.
