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Both continental and oceanic crusts are used in the process of subduction, unless you are talking about see floor spreading, then only oceanic crust is used
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During the collision between two continents why doesnt a subduction zone form?
Generally, subduction zones are formed when two plates collide and one is heavier than the other. When two continents collide, rather than one sinking, they will both be uplifted because they are light and buoyant.
At a destructive plate margin what determines whether a subduction zone or collision zone is formed?
The density of the tectonic plates involved determines whether a subduction zone or collision zone is formed at a destructive plate margin. If one plate is denser than the other, it will subduct beneath the other plate, forming a subduction zone. If the plates have similar densities, they will collide and form a collision zone.
What is the name of the are where the crust goes back down into the earth?
The area where the crust goes back down into the Earth is called a subduction zone. This is where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, typically forming deep ocean trenches.
What is the name of the area where the crust goes back down into the earth?
The area where the crust goes back down into the Earth is called a subduction zone. Subduction zones are typically found at convergent plate boundaries where one tectonic plate is being forced beneath another plate.
What is the name given to a region where one plate of the earths crust is sliding under another?
A subduction zone is the name given to a region where one plate of the earth's crust is sliding under another plate. This is a term found in plate tectonics.
What to kinds of crust are involved in subduction zone?
In a subduction zone, two types of crust interact: oceanic crust and continental crust. The denser oceanic crust is typically forced beneath the lighter continental crust, leading to the formation of deep ocean trenches and volcanic arcs. This process is a key feature of plate tectonics, where the interaction between these two crust types can also result in earthquakes and the creation of mountain ranges.
What is the opening in the oceanic crust?
Subduction Zone.
Does subduction create or destroy oceanic crust?
In a subduction zone the crust is forced inot the mantle where it is eventually melted and destroyed
Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
density
What is the place where the oceanic crust is forced under the continental crust?
This is called a subduction zone.
What are typical characteristics of subduction zone?
Where oceanic crust meets continental crust and earthquakes can occur.
What happens at a subduction convergent boundary?
The oceanic crust (the denser crust) is subducted under the lighter crust which basically means that it goes under the upper crust as they meet so they don't crash into each other like at a collision zone.
Where are the places where oceanic crust sinks back into the mantle.?
A "subduction zone".
What are places where oceanic crust sinks back the the mantle?
A "subduction zone".
What is the of the area where crust goes back down into the Earth?
subduction zone
What is the name of the area where the crust goes down back into the earth?
subduction zone
Is the partially melted zone of earths that carries the crust the lithosphere?
No it is really subduction
