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Which would subduct if a continental and oceanic plate were to collide with each other?
oceanic
When oceanic plates collide with continental plates the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate because?
The oceanic plate subduct under the continental because oceanic is made from basalt(rock) which is denser than andesite and granite(continental)
What plate always subducts?
The heavier/denser oceanic plate subducts the lighter, less - dense continental plate.
What boudaries produces volcanoes?
Convergent boundaries produce volcanoes. Volcanoes form when an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge, causing the oceanic plate to subduct. The subduction causes a magma chamber to form which feeds the volcano when it erupts.
What are the three different types of convergent plate boundaries?
ocean-ocean ocean-continent continent-continent
Which would subduct if a continental and oceanic plate were to collide with each other?
oceanic
When young and old oceanic plates collide why does the old plate subduct?
The old plate subduct because it is denser thatn the young plate.
What happens when a plate gets subducted?
The colder, more dense plate is the one that subducts in a collision between two plates. In an oceanic to oceanic plate collision it is the older of the two plates that will subduct due to its higher density. In an oceanic to continental plate collision, it's the oceanic plate that will subduct because of its higher density.
Convergent plate boundary motion?
continent-continent move together colliding making a mountain ocean-ocean or ocean-continent move together also but oceanic crust is denser so it will subduct and create a trench and one oceanic crust will be denser most likely than the other so it will also subduct and create a trench
Why does oceanic crust subduct while continental never does?
because the oceanic plate is more heavier than contental plate so the oceanic plate sinks under the contental.
Are subducting plate and oceanic plate the same?
No. While only oceanic crust can subduct it is not always subducting. When two oceanic plates converge, only one of them subducts.
When oceanic plates collide with continental plates the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate because?
The oceanic plate subduct under the continental because oceanic is made from basalt(rock) which is denser than andesite and granite(continental)
What happens between oceanic and continental plates at convergent boundaries?
Convergent boundary+oceanic plate=subduction because the oceanic plate is more dense causing it to subduct down back to the mantle.
When an oceanic plate collides with a oceanic plate?
terranes are attached to the edge of a continent
What plate always subducts?
The heavier/denser oceanic plate subducts the lighter, less - dense continental plate.
What boudaries produces volcanoes?
Convergent boundaries produce volcanoes. Volcanoes form when an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge, causing the oceanic plate to subduct. The subduction causes a magma chamber to form which feeds the volcano when it erupts.
What are the three different types of convergent plate boundaries?
ocean-ocean ocean-continent continent-continent
