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How are continental drift and plate tectonics related and how do they influence the movement of Earth's lithosphere?

Continental drift and plate tectonics are related because they both involve the movement of Earth's lithosphere. Continental drift is the theory that continents have moved over time, while plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into plates that move and interact with each other. The movement of these plates is influenced by the forces of convection currents in the mantle, which cause the plates to move and collide, leading to processes like subduction, seafloor spreading, and mountain building. Overall, continental drift and plate tectonics work together to shape the Earth's surface and influence the movement of its lithosphere.


What forms from collision of continental crust and oceanic crust?

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.


What is a continental-continental convergent boundary?

A continental slide is the new crust on the earth surface. It happens when two plates below the earth surfaces meets and the boundary became deep trenches.


What is the indications that a given mountain range was not formed by subduction?

If a mountain range was not formed by subduction, there would be a lack of deep oceanic trenches or volcanic arcs associated with the subduction process. Instead, the presence of folded and faulted sedimentary rocks or uplifted blocks of crustal rocks would suggest alternative mechanisms such as continental collision or crustal compression as the cause of the mountain range's formation. Additionally, the absence of volcanic activity related to magma rising from subduction zones would further support the indication that subduction did not play a significant role in the mountain range's formation.


How are earthquakes involved in mountain building?

The most direct way that an earthquake is related to mountain building is this: Two techtonic plates converge or come together. This causes the the rumbling known as the earthquake. one plate or portion of the earths crust is forced under another and when it gets deep enough, that material becomes so hot that it melts and rises up to the surface creating sometimes fissures and other times like in the cascade mountains; volcanoes and mountain ranges.

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Which mountain range in Europe is the Continental Divide?

* The Appalachian Mountain Range * The Cascade Mountain Range * The Klamath Mountain Range * Rocky Mountain Range * Sierra Nevada Mountain Range For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section indicated below.


A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a?

Typically continental plate convergence will result in an orogeny event, or a mountain building event. As the plates converge, the crust will deform, but there will be no plate subduction, and so continent to continent convergence is not related to volcanism. Large thrust faults are often associated with continental convergence zones as well.


Why are faults important to know about?

Because faults are greatly related to Earthquakes and mountain building.


How are continental drift and plate tectonics related and how do they influence the movement of Earth's lithosphere?

Continental drift and plate tectonics are related because they both involve the movement of Earth's lithosphere. Continental drift is the theory that continents have moved over time, while plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into plates that move and interact with each other. The movement of these plates is influenced by the forces of convection currents in the mantle, which cause the plates to move and collide, leading to processes like subduction, seafloor spreading, and mountain building. Overall, continental drift and plate tectonics work together to shape the Earth's surface and influence the movement of its lithosphere.


What is a mountain range?

A mountain range is a single mass of mountains or narrowly space mountain ridges with or without peaks. The mountains within the range are generally closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain. The theory about continental drift says that mountain ranges rise up as one continent pushes against another.


How are different margins numerically related to each other and to the page size?

Each Word document has same margins. The default margins are 1 inch at the top and bottom of the page and 1,25 inch from the left and right hand sides of the page. However, if desired, default page margins can be changed numerically.


What is a word related to mountain?

Mountainous, mountainside, mountaineer, mountaineering -- are all related to mountain


How are the shore zone and continental shelf related?

They are related because they are part of the ocean


What Is a related animal to mountain lion?

The catamount also know as eastern mountain lion. It is an endangered species and it related its larger cousin the western mountain lion.


What forms from collision of continental crust and oceanic crust?

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.


How is continental drift related to convection?

I was unable to answer this question. :(


How are plates and mountain related?

plates are part of a mountain that makes it move