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What happens when two pieces of continental crust run into each other?
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∙ 13y ago
... a mountain range like the Himalayas is formed.
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∙ 12y agoearthquakes and the formation of mountains
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∙ 9y agoContinental collision zones occur when two plates containing large areas of continental crust are pushed together. The result can be earthquakes and the formation of a mountain range.
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∙ 13y agothe 2 lands connect and make a new continent.
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∙ 12y agoearthquake
They form mountains.
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What happens at a destructive margin?
A destructive margin is when the oceanic crust moves towards the continental crust and slip under it (oceanic crust is heavier than the continental crust). This can build up a lot of pressure between the plates.
What happens when two continental plates crash into each other?
When two continental plates crash into each other, they crumple and fold. The crust is forced up, and mountains form, and earthquakes happen.
Why does the oceanic crust go under the continental crust when they collide?
because the ocean base is hevier than the other crust
What rock makes up the continental crust?
The continental crust is made up of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. These rocks form the continents and the continental shelves, areas of seabed close to the shore.
What is the continental crust made out of?
continental crust is made of many rocks such as granite
What is the other type of crust the continental crust and what?
Oceanic Crust
What happens at a destructive margin?
A destructive margin is when the oceanic crust moves towards the continental crust and slip under it (oceanic crust is heavier than the continental crust). This can build up a lot of pressure between the plates.
What are convertgent boundaries?
A conversion boundary is a place where 2 tectonic plates are mving toward each other. There are 3 types of convergent boundaries OCEANIC CRUST-OCEANIC CRUST OCEANIC CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST CONTINENTAL CRUST-CONTINENTAL CRUST They are classified according to their crust
What happens when two continental plates crash into each other?
When two continental plates crash into each other, they crumple and fold. The crust is forced up, and mountains form, and earthquakes happen.
Which type of crust will rise on top of the other?
Continental crust over Oceanic crust.
When two geologic plates are moving away from each other what happens?
When it is two continental plates, new oceanic crust is formed, and when this continues, more oceanic crust is formed between the plates.
What happens when a oceanic and continental plate move towards each other?
It is called a destructive plate boundry...one type of crust is oceanic and the other is continental. when they meet the oceanic crust gets pushed down as it is heavier. the friction caused when it sinks creates huge earthquakes and the crust re-melts and gets forced upwards due to pressure to form a volcano.
The Earth's crust is broken into pieces that rub and bump against each other The movement of these crust pieces causes what to happen?
Earthquakes
Why does the oceanic crust go under the continental crust when they collide?
because the ocean base is hevier than the other crust
Break in earths crust where pieces of the crust move relative to each other?
A fault.
Why does the oceanic sink beneath continental crust at convergent boundaries?
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust. That's the reason we find that the oceanic crust sinks (subducts) beneath the continental crust.Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust and so cannot sink below it.
Is the crust formed or destroyed at a sliding boundary?
At convergent boundaries are boundaries the crust is destroyed by subduction of oceanic crust underneath continental crust or other oceanic crust.
