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Does the south American tectonic plate only have continental crust?
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∙ 12y ago
yes it does
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A slab of continental or oceanic crust is known as?
A tectonic plate.
What are 2 kinds of crust that a tectonic plate may contain?
Oceanic and continental.
The movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate?
The movement of one tectonic plate under another occurs at convergent boundaries. For example, at this boundary denser oceanic crust slides under the lighter continental crust.
What type of crust can be found on the south American plate where it meets the nazca plate?
Continental crust.
Why does oceanic crust slide below continental crust in subduction zones?
The rock density, tectonic plate movement and gravity!!
A slab of continental or oceanic crust is known as?
A tectonic plate.
What are 2 kinds of crust that a tectonic plate may contain?
Oceanic and continental.
The movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate?
The movement of one tectonic plate under another occurs at convergent boundaries. For example, at this boundary denser oceanic crust slides under the lighter continental crust.
What type of crust can be found on the south American plate where it meets the nazca plate?
Continental crust.
Why does oceanic crust slide below continental crust in subduction zones?
The rock density, tectonic plate movement and gravity!!
Which movement of the Earths crust implies that the continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust?
Plate tectonic movement and subduction zones.
Thickest part of the South American plate?
The thickest part of the South American tectonic plate lies below the Andes Mountains. They were created from the compression of the South American plate with the Nazca Plate and the Antarctic Plate.
What happens when a tectonic plate carring a terrane subducts under a plate made of continental crust?
Stop tryin todo your homework on this!!
Ocean crust dives below continental crust because of what?
Because of its higher density, and gravity. One part of plate tectonic theory.
What type of can be found on the south American plate where it meets the nazca plate?
Continental crust.
What is a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust?
Together the crust and upper mantle are called the lithosphere and they extend about 80 km deep. The lithosphere is broken into giant plates that fit around the globe like puzzle pieces.
Which tectonic plate is primarily comprised ofseafloor crust?
The tectonic plate primarily comprised of seafloor crust is the Pacific Plate.
