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An active continental margin may have a trench.
Subduction. A subduction trench.
A subduction zone would be found at an active continental margin, where one tectonic plate is being forced beneath another. This process leads to features such as deep ocean trenches, volcanic arcs, and earthquakes. In contrast, passive continental margins lack these tectonic interactions and are characterized by a relatively smooth transition from continent to ocean basin.
A continental margin is NOT a part of a continent. It is the submerged outer edge of a continent that includes the continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise.
When an ocean plate collides with a continental plate, a subduction zone occurs and forms a deep trench. An ocean plate is more dense while a continental plate is less dense which causes the ocean plate to go under the continental plate and pull the land and water down, forming a trench.
Subduction. A subduction trench.
On an active continental margin, you would be likely to find an active ocean trench. This structure would generally not occur at a passive continental margin.
An active continental margin may have a trench.
Subduction. A subduction trench.
Subduction. A subduction trench.
A subduction zone would be found at an active continental margin, where one tectonic plate is being forced beneath another. This process leads to features such as deep ocean trenches, volcanic arcs, and earthquakes. In contrast, passive continental margins lack these tectonic interactions and are characterized by a relatively smooth transition from continent to ocean basin.
A continental margin is NOT a part of a continent. It is the submerged outer edge of a continent that includes the continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise.
Peru Chili Trench
When an overriding plate is continental, a marginal trench forms where the topographic depression seems to follow the outline of the continental margin. It is here where explosive volcanoes can be found.
When an overriding plate is continental, a marginal trench forms where the topographic depression seems to follow the outline of the continental margin. It is here where explosive volcanoes can be found.
A deep ocean trench is commonly formed at a plate boundary where oceanic crust converges with continental crust. The oceanic crust is denser and is forced beneath the lighter continental crust, creating a deep trench.
No, active continental margins typically do not have a continental rise. Instead, they often have a steep continental slope that descends into a deep oceanic trench due to tectonic activity. Continental rises are found at passive continental margins where there is minimal tectonic activity.