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Oceanic crust is destroyed at a convergent boundary where subduction occurs. An example includes the boundary between the Nazca and South American plate on the west coast South America.

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Is the crust formed or destroyed at a sliding boundary?

At convergent boundaries are boundaries the crust is destroyed by subduction of oceanic crust underneath continental crust or other oceanic crust.


Is the crust formed or destroyed at the sliding boundary?

At convergent boundaries are boundaries the crust is destroyed by subduction of oceanic crust underneath continental crust or other oceanic crust.


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 is the plate boundary where oceanic crust is destroyed?

The plate boundary where oceanic crust is destroyed is a subduction zone. In this process, one tectonic plate is forced beneath another into the Earth's mantle. As the descending plate moves deeper into the mantle, it is eventually melted down and destroyed.


How is crust destoyed?

Old crust can be destroyed bysubduction, or the pushing down of an oceanic plate below anoverriding plate at a convergent boundary. The initial phase of adivergent boundary is a rift valley, which progresses to form anoceanic basin with a mid-oceanic ridge.


What type of boundary oceanic crust?

Convergent boundary.


Is a new oceanic crust formed at a transform fault boundary?

No. New oceanic crust is formed at a divergent boundary. A convergent boundary neither creates nor destroys crust.


The margin of a continent is the boundary between continental crust and?

oceanic crust


Where is oceanic crust created?

New oceanic crust is created at the mid-oceanic ridges, a divergent plate boundary.


What type of boundary destroys oceanic crust?

Convergent boundary.


The boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust occurs at the base of the?

The boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust occurs at the base of the lithosphere. This boundary is known as the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho. It separates the less dense continental crust from the more dense oceanic crust below.


What two types of crust are involved at this type of convergent boundary?

The two types of Crust is the Continental Crust and the Oceanic Crust.