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Why does older crust sink under newer crust at convergent boundary?
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Density.
Older is usually denser.
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Where older crust is destroyed because two plates press together?
convergent boundary
What is the place where older crust is destoyed because two plates converge or push together?
Convergent boundary...it's on my homework
Why is the oldest seafloor crust found farthest from a mid-ocean ridge?
because the older crust is pushed out by the newer crust that is forming
What happens in oceanic oceanic convergent boundary?
Either plates gets subducted which is usually the older plate.
When two property deeds show different boundary lines which ones takes precedence - the older or the newer?
The older. and it should not different from the certificate of encumbrance.
At what type of plate boundary is new ocean crust formed?
Older material
Where is the place where older crust is destroyed because two plates converge?
A destructive plate boundary (usually a subduction zone).
Im the place where older crust is destroyed because two plates converge or push together?
The place where two plates converge is called a convergent boundary. This results in a subduction zone where the heavier oceanic lithosphere is consumed into the mantle.
What is older the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Why is older oceanic crust more dense than younger oceanic crust?
Oceanic crust averages 3 grams per cubic centimeter, Continental crust averages 2.7 grams per cubic centimeter. The difference lies in the rock which composes each type of crust. Oceanic crust is mainly basalt and continental crust is more like granite. Basalt is more dense (heavier) than granite.
Is the earth's crust older than the ocean crust?
The continental crust (one component of the crust) is, on average, much older than the oceanic crust.
What crust is older in years the continental or the oceanic?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
