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What happens when oceanic crust and continental crust collide?
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β 10y ago
Subduction occurs on continental boundaries because oceanic sub floor is denser and heavier than the lighter more buoyant crust. The oceanic crust slides under the continental crust areas usually on a plate boundary. This is in a recycle style mode that constantly is remaking the ocean floor. The oldest rocks on the ocean bottom are a drop in the geologic time bucket, compared to the rock ages on land.
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β 13y ago
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β 10y agoThe oceanic crust is forced under the continental crust and into the mantle. Crompression causes mountains to form on the continental crust. Material in the mantle melts as volatiles seep out of the oceanic crust. The molten material rises to the surface, forming a continental volcanic arc.
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β 7y agoThe oceanic crust is force down into the mantle in a process called subduction. The subducting oceanic plate will introduce water into the hot mantle, causing some of the rock to melt. The molten rock will rise through the overriding continental crust to form volcanoes.
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β 14y agoThe oceanic crust will erode the continental crust.
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β 13y agoIt makes mountains vary slowly and causes earthquakes.
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Which is an example of a terrane?
oceanic crust and continental crust collide, with the continental crust subducting under the oceanic
When continental plates collide what happens to the oceanic crust between them?
When the continental plates collide the oceainc cust gets stuck and eventually evaporates
What is continental and oceanic crust?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
What are the two layers of the continental crust called?
The 2 layers of the continental crust are oceanic crust and the land crust
When continental crust and oceanic crust collide what occurs?
This is referred to as a convergent plate boundary (oceanic-continental). The denser oceanic plate is forced underneath the lighter continental plate by a process called subduction.
Which is an example of a terrane?
oceanic crust and continental crust collide, with the continental crust subducting under the oceanic
When continental plates collide what happens to the oceanic crust between them?
When the continental plates collide the oceainc cust gets stuck and eventually evaporates
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
when oceanic crust and continental crust collide, the oceanic crust sinks down beneath the continental crust. this is called subduction.
What happens when an oceanic and an oceanic plate collide?
since the oceanic crus is thinner than the Continental crust the oceanic crust get submerged and gets destroyed while the continental crust covers the submerged part as being taken over by continental crust....//\@Rtz Z@r...
When continental crust and oceanic crust collide which one will subduct?
i have no idea i think continental
What is continental and oceanic crust?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
What does continental oceanic collison mean?
is means under the oceanic crust the tectonicplate collide
What is meant by continental crust and oceanic crust?
They are two different types of crust. Continental crust is heavier than Oceanic crust, so when the two collide, the Continental crust 'subducts' under the Oceanic Crust. 'Crust' referring to the tectonic plates, the surface of the Earth we stand on.
What are the two layers of the continental crust called?
The 2 layers of the continental crust are oceanic crust and the land crust
Where does the oceanic crust begin?
The continental shelf is normally made out of continental crust, the oceanic crust begins at the base of the continental rise. However in most places the oceanic crust near the continental margins is covered by continental sediments (eroded form the continents) carried down onto the Oceanic planes by deep sea canyons running off the continental rises.
When continental crust and oceanic crust collide what occurs?
This is referred to as a convergent plate boundary (oceanic-continental). The denser oceanic plate is forced underneath the lighter continental plate by a process called subduction.
What happens when a plate of oceanic crust collides with a plate of the continental crust and why does this happen?
The oceanic crust will slide under the continental crust. And the reason is because the oceanic crust is much denser and the continental crust is least dense.
