A mountain range can be formed by the collision of an oceanic plate and a continental plate. This creates a subduction zone which eventually leads to the formation of a range of mountains.
Convergent boundaries are where two tectonic plates hit each other. This can cause earthquakes, but can also create mountains.
A basic mountain should be formed from the collision of continental crust and oceanic crustAnswerWhen an oceanic and a continental crust collide, the heavier oceanic crust tends to subduct under the lighter continental crust. Because of the collision and corresponding compression and also because of volcanism related to dehydration and melting of the subducted plate a mountain range is formed. The Andes mountain range is a, if not the, most typical example.
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False! When two continental plates converge a mountain range is formed. This is what formed and is continuing to "build" the Himalayan mountain chain.Subduction zones form where oceanic crust converges with and is forced under continental crust, or younger more buoyant oceanic crust.
The subduction zone formed when an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge is called an oceanic-continental subduction zone. In this setting, the denser oceanic plate is forced beneath the less dense continental plate, leading to the formation of volcanic arcs and deep oceanic trenches.
The three subtypes of convergent plate boundaries are oceanic-continental, oceanic-oceanic, and continental-continental. At oceanic-continental boundaries, such as the Nazca Plate subducting beneath the South American Plate, volcanic mountain ranges like the Andes are formed. At oceanic-oceanic boundaries, like the Pacific Plate subducting beneath the North American Plate, island arcs such as the Aleutian Islands are created. Finally, at continental-continental boundaries, such as the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate, large mountain ranges like the Himalayas are formed.
In an oceanic-oceanic subduction boundary, one oceanic plate subducts beneath another oceanic plate. This process can result in volcanic island arcs being formed. In an oceanic-continental subduction boundary, an oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate. This can lead to the formation of volcanic mountain ranges on the continental plate.
A long range of mountains formed on land. Oceanic mountains would be mountain ranges that are underwater.
The Andes Mountains were formed through subduction of the oceanic plate underneath the South American plate.
Convergent boundaries are where two tectonic plates hit each other. This can cause earthquakes, but can also create mountains.
It depends on the type of crust involved. If both plates carry oceanic crust, an ocean trench is formed along with a volcanic island are on the overriding plate. If one plate carries oceanic crust and the other continental, you will get an ocean trench, a continental volcanic arc, and a mountain range. If both plates carry continental crust, then a mountain range is formed.
A basic mountain should be formed from the collision of continental crust and oceanic crustAnswerWhen an oceanic and a continental crust collide, the heavier oceanic crust tends to subduct under the lighter continental crust. Because of the collision and corresponding compression and also because of volcanism related to dehydration and melting of the subducted plate a mountain range is formed. The Andes mountain range is a, if not the, most typical example.
Subduction zones are commonly formed at these plate boundaries, where the denser oceanic crust is forced beneath the less dense continental crust. This process can create deep oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and earthquakes. Over time, it can also result in the formation of mountain ranges on the continental crust.
An oceanic plate colliding with a continental plate formed the Sierra Nevada. That collision is no longer happening, though, as that oceanic plate. the Farallon Plate, is mostly gone, with remnants to the north and south.
Two major land formations that occur at convergent boundaries are volcanic arcs and mountain ranges. When oceanic and continental plates collide, volcanic arcs are formed due to the subduction of the oceanic plate beneath the continental plate. Alternatively, when two continental plates collide, mountain ranges are formed through the intense compression and folding of the Earth's crust.
the oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, therefore, when oceanic plates and continental plates converge, the oceanic will go under the continental plates. But when two oceanic converge either both will rise to form moutains, or both will sink and cause a trench.
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