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The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate?
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The oceanic crust is subducted underneath the continental crust. This process is known as subduction.
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∙ 12y agoWhen there is a divergent boundary between the oceanic and continental crust and the oceanic crust is more dense. -Toby
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∙ 11y agosubduction is when an oceanic crust is forced under a continental crut during convergence (2 plates moving together)
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∙ 13y agoThe answer is subduction.
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∙ 9y agoIt is known as subduction.
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The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and decending underneath a continental plate?
This is known as subduction.
Convergent boundaries can be divided into 3 categories what are these categories and what geological feature are created by each?
The categories are a continental and a continental plate colliding, continental and oceanic plates colliding, and oceanic and oceanic plates colliding. The two continental plates form mountains. The continental and oceanic plated colliding cause subduction zones and volcanoes. Oceanic and oceanic plates colliding form a trench.
What happens at a convergent plate boundary between an oceanic and continental plate?
The oceanic plate usually subsides after colliding with a continental plate.
Why oceanic crust is always subducted underneath continental crust?
Due to the higher density of the oceanic crust it is subducted underneath the continental crust.
If a plate of ocean crust plunged underneath a continental platewhat landforms do you expect to develop?
When the oceanic plate is subducted underneath the continental plate, the oceanic plate begins to melt. The molten material rises through the continental crust and a volcano forms.
The process of an oceanic plate colliding with descending underneath a continental plate?
The answer is subduction.
The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and decending underneath a continental plate?
This is known as subduction.
Convergent boundaries can be divided into 3 categories what are these categories and what geological feature are created by each?
The categories are a continental and a continental plate colliding, continental and oceanic plates colliding, and oceanic and oceanic plates colliding. The two continental plates form mountains. The continental and oceanic plated colliding cause subduction zones and volcanoes. Oceanic and oceanic plates colliding form a trench.
What ocean plate and continental plate colliding?
At this type of convergent boundary the oceanic plate will be subducted, or sink into the mantle underneath the continental plate. Volcanoes often form near these boundaries.
What happens at a convergent plate boundary between an oceanic and continental plate?
The oceanic plate usually subsides after colliding with a continental plate.
Why oceanic crust is always subducted underneath continental crust?
Due to the higher density of the oceanic crust it is subducted underneath the continental crust.
Are an oceanic plate colliding with a continental plate to form the sierra Nevada mountain range?
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.
What type of mountain form because of an oceanic plate and a continental plate colliding?
Andean
Which type of mountain form because of an oceanic plate and a continental plate colliding?
Fold mountains.
What happens to mantle rock descending oceanic crust scrapes past continental crust?
The mantle rock descending from the oceanic crust causes the water in oceanic crust to be released. This lowers the melting point of the rock and causes it to melt.
What is the process of a oceanic plate colliding with a continental plate?
Its when the oceanic crust and the continental crsut colide together.
How is the lava formed insind a volcano?
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, it forms a volcano. The oceanic plate subducts underneath the continental plate. As the oceanic plate slides underneath, a magma chamber is formed. This magma chamber is what feeds the volcano.
