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What is a region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere?
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∙ 14y ago
Most notable is the so-called 'Ring of Fire', an area encircling the Pacific Ocean where oceanic crustal plates are subducting under continental plates and less dense oceanic plates.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agothis region is called the subduction zone.
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∙ 13y agoSubduction zone.
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∙ 13y agothe subduction zone
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∙ 14y agoof course they do!
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∙ 13y agoIt is the subduction zone
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∙ 10y agoa subduction zone
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Oceanic plates are pushed down into the upper mantle in?
subduction zones
What are two differences between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
The oceanic crust consists of heavier rock, mostly Basalt, so that if a oceanic plate collides with a continental plate the oceanic plate will be forced down below the continental plate, forming island arcs.continental plates are thicker than oceanic plates.
How did a mountain form?
the earth is made up of different plates and all the plates are different sizes, shapes and weight. there are 2 types of plates, oceanic and continental. a mountain is formed when 2 continental plates of the same weight collide into each other, it creates a mountain and the oceanic plates underneath them are pused down.
What happens between oceanic and continental plates at convergent boundaries?
Convergent boundary+oceanic plate=subduction because the oceanic plate is more dense causing it to subduct down back to the mantle.
How far below the earth's surface is the asthenosphere?
The asthenosphere begins at around 100-150 km depth in the Earth. This is below the lithosphere, which consists of the crust and the uppermost mantle (the plates in plate tectonics).The asthenosphere is in the mantle, but it is still unclear how much of the mantle (which goes down to a depth of ~2900 km) is actually part of the asthenosphere.
A region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere?
a region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere is called a subduction zone.
A region where oceanic plates sink down?
Subduction Zone
What is A region where oceanic plates sink down into the lithosphere?
A subduction zone.
About the asthenosphere?
The asthenosphere has the ability to slow down seismic waves. Is not made up of earths plates that would be the lithosphere.
Oceanic plates are pushed down into the upper mantle in?
subduction zones
What are the oceanic plates pushed down in the upper mantle in?
Subduction Zones.
What are oceanic plates pushed down in the upper mantle in?
Subduction Zones.
What are tectonicsplates?
Tectonic plates.Tectonic plates are plates underneath Earth's surface that move very slowly. There are oceanic and continental plates. Of course, oceanic plates are plates under the ocean, and continental plates are plates underneath ground, or continents. Each of the plates carry the things above them, land or ocean. When two continental or oceanic plates collide, it causes a fold in Earth's surface, and an earthquake. Now, when a continental plate draws near and nearly collides with an oceanic plate, something called subduction occurs. Subduction is basically when the oceanic plate dips down below the continental plate, causing a trench.
What are two differences between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
The oceanic crust consists of heavier rock, mostly Basalt, so that if a oceanic plate collides with a continental plate the oceanic plate will be forced down below the continental plate, forming island arcs.continental plates are thicker than oceanic plates.
What are the two differences between the continental crust and the oceanic crust?
The oceanic crust consists of heavier rock, mostly Basalt, so that if a oceanic plate collides with a continental plate the oceanic plate will be forced down below the continental plate, forming island arcs.continental plates are thicker than oceanic plates.
How did a mountain form?
the earth is made up of different plates and all the plates are different sizes, shapes and weight. there are 2 types of plates, oceanic and continental. a mountain is formed when 2 continental plates of the same weight collide into each other, it creates a mountain and the oceanic plates underneath them are pused down.
What happens between oceanic and continental plates at convergent boundaries?
Convergent boundary+oceanic plate=subduction because the oceanic plate is more dense causing it to subduct down back to the mantle.
