Oceanic plates move under continental plates when they converge together because the oceanic plate is more denser than the continental plate.
The oceanic plate subduct under the continental because oceanic is made from basalt(rock) which is denser than andesite and granite(continental)
The more dense plate subducts (goes under) the less dense plate. For example if continental and oceanic crust collide oceanic crust will go underneath the continental.
A Ocean-To-Continent Collision. A Volcanic Mountain Will Form.
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental because it is denser. The Andes are being formed in this way and the Himalayas started that way also.
Subduction is a process that occurs when two oceanic plates pull apart
The oceanic plate subduct under the continental because oceanic is made from basalt(rock) which is denser than andesite and granite(continental)
The more dense plate subducts (goes under) the less dense plate. For example if continental and oceanic crust collide oceanic crust will go underneath the continental.
A Ocean-To-Continent Collision. A Volcanic Mountain Will Form.
The more dense plate subducts (goes under) the less dense plate. For example if continental and oceanic crust collide oceanic crust will go underneath the continental.
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental because it is denser. The Andes are being formed in this way and the Himalayas started that way also.
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental because it is denser. The Andes are being formed in this way and the Himalayas started that way also.
Subduction is a process that occurs when two oceanic plates pull apart
oceanic crust and continental crust collide, with the continental crust subducting under the oceanic
Tectonic plates.Tectonic plates are plates underneath Earth's surface that move very slowly. There are oceanic and continental plates. Of course, oceanic plates are plates under the ocean, and continental plates are plates underneath ground, or continents. Each of the plates carry the things above them, land or ocean. When two continental or oceanic plates collide, it causes a fold in Earth's surface, and an earthquake. Now, when a continental plate draws near and nearly collides with an oceanic plate, something called subduction occurs. Subduction is basically when the oceanic plate dips down below the continental plate, causing a trench.
is means under the oceanic crust the tectonicplate collide
They are two different types of crust. Continental crust is heavier than Oceanic crust, so when the two collide, the Continental crust 'subducts' under the Oceanic Crust. 'Crust' referring to the tectonic plates, the surface of the Earth we stand on.
the oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, therefore, when oceanic plates and continental plates converge, the oceanic will go under the continental plates. But when two oceanic converge either both will rise to form moutains, or both will sink and cause a trench.