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What is form when oceanic crust is pushed under continental crust?
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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
Differences of the continental crust and oceanic crust?
Thickness - continental = much thickerDensity - oceanic crust is denser than continental, which is why the oceanic crust subducts under the continental at destructive plates boundaries.
How do oceanic and continental crust differ?
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
Is the lithosphere thinner under the oceanic or continental crust?
the lithosphere is thinner under the oceanic crust
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.
Which is an example of a terrane?
oceanic crust and continental crust collide, with the continental crust subducting under the oceanic
Differences of the continental crust and oceanic crust?
Thickness - continental = much thickerDensity - oceanic crust is denser than continental, which is why the oceanic crust subducts under the continental at destructive plates boundaries.
What is oceanic-oceanic subduction?
Oceanic crust sinking under a plate with continental crust
How do oceanic and continental crust differ?
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
How do the oceanic and continental crust differ?
Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents
Is the lithosphere thinner under the oceanic or continental crust?
the lithosphere is thinner under the oceanic crust
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.
What means the ocean is pulled under the continent?
The ocean is never pulled under the continent. Oceanic crust--the rock and some sediments, however, slide under the edges of continental crust and are pushed downward toward the mantle in areas of oceanic to continental plate collisions.
What is oceanic and oceanic?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
What is continental and oceanic crust?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
How were the mountains on the west coast of North America formed?
oceanic crust and continental crust collided, with the continental crust subducting under the oceanic crust
Oceanic crust slides under continental crust during subduction because oceanic crust is?
denser
