The Antarctic plate is Oceanic.
The Antarctic Plate contains portions of both oceanic and continental crust. Antarctica itself is continental crust.
It is oceanic
the oceanic plate is less bouyant so it slides under the continental plate
The oceanic plate must be more dense than the continental plate for this to happen.
When a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakes it, this is known as subduction.
The Antarctic Plate contains portions of both oceanic and continental crust. Antarctica itself is continental crust.
It is oceanic
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
oceanic plate
the oceanic plate is less bouyant so it slides under the continental plate
The oceanic plate must be more dense than the continental plate for this to happen.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, the oceanic plate is always subducted. Oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, and they have a higher iron content. Since they are denser, oceanic plates always sink below the continental plate in the event of a collision.
Continental plate.
Oceanic-continental convergence (when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate) & oceanic-oceanic convergence (2 oceanic plates) both involve oceanic plates & subduction. Continental-continental convergence (2 continental plates) involves neither.
When an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate, the subducting plate ---> oceanic creates a curved line of volcanoes along the edge of the overlying continental plate.
Continental plate.
Oceanic-Oceanic, Oceanic-Continental, and Continental-Continental are all sub types of convergent plate boundaries.