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What plate boundary causes seismic waves?
Destructive plate boundary.
Why earthquakes are caused?
A Earthquake is caused by the two plates (Plate Boundary) you can have 3 Plate Boundaries 1) Destructive Plate Boundary 2) Collision Plate Boundary 3) Conservative Plate Boundary and this are what cause a earthquake because when they meet they build so much pressure it makes a earthquake.
What plate boundary was the Shensi Earthquake?
Convergence plate boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate.
What causes volcanoes to erupt under earths surface?
mostly earthquakes or plate tectonic movement.
What type of plate boundary are most tsunamis associated with?
Transform boundry, or what's known as shearing. It causes the plates to move past each other causing earthquakes in any areas.
What causes earthquakes and how do they affect us?
One simple answer involves a destructive plate boundary. When a destructive plate boundary slips, the resulting vibrations rush through the earths crust and you get an earthquake.
What causes faults in Earths crust?
The constant plate movement
Is Mt Etna on a convergent divergent or transform plate boundary?
Mount Etna Was Formed By Destructive Plate Boundaries. This Is When One Crust Is Forced Under Another Crust. It Stands At The Convergent Boundary Where The African Crust Is Being Sub Ducted Beneath The Eurasian Crust. This Causes The Latter To Deform And Forces the Magma Up Into Weak Spots In The Earths Crust (mount Etna) When There Has Become To Much Of A Magma Build Up In The Mantle.
What activity in the magma causes crustal plate movement?
convection currents. Causes the magma to move the earths crust creating plate movement.
What is compression in plate tectonics?
it is the movement of the earths crust. it moves inwards towards other plates so the earths crust moves upwards therefore forming mountains, volcanoes etc
What do you call a plate boundary in which no new crust is made or destroyed?
recessive plate boundary
What boundary does new crust form at?
Divergent plate boundary.
What type of plate boundary destroys crust?
Convergent boundary
Which plate boundary destroys crust?
Crust is destroyed at the convergent plate boundary. This is usually between the oceanic and continental plates. This is where subduction of the more dense crust occurs.
What causes magma to form a divergent plate boundary?
At a divergent plate boundary the crust is thin. This reduces pressure on the upper mantle, lowering the melting point and allowing some rock to melt.
Which plate boundary occurs as continental crust collides with continental crust?
Convergent plate boundaries.
What plate boundary melts crust?
Subduction.
