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By the convection processes happening in the mantel and by is own density (it is cold rock) with respect to the rest of the mantle.
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Which is an example of a terrane?
oceanic crust and continental crust collide, with the continental crust subducting under the oceanic
Differences of the continental crust and oceanic crust?
Thickness - continental = much thickerDensity - oceanic crust is denser than continental, which is why the oceanic crust subducts under the continental at destructive plates boundaries.
What is oceanic-oceanic subduction?
Oceanic crust sinking under a plate with continental crust
How do oceanic and continental crust differ?
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
How do the oceanic and continental crust differ?
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
Is the lithosphere thinner under the oceanic or continental crust?
the lithosphere is thinner under the oceanic crust
What happens when a plate of oceanic crust collides with a plate of the continental crust and why does this happen?
The oceanic crust will slide under the continental crust. And the reason is because the oceanic crust is much denser and the continental crust is least dense.
What is oceanic and oceanic?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
What is continental and oceanic crust?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
Oceanic crust slides under continental crust during subduction because oceanic crust is?
denser
Why is oceanic crust always subducted underneath the continental crust?
Oceanic crust subducts under continental crust because it is denser. Continental crust's density is too low for it to be forced into the mantle.
Oceanic crust slides under continental crust during subduction because oceanic crust is .?
denser (Apex)
