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What is the boundary between the oceanic crust and the continental crust known as?
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Continental margin
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The boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust occurs at the base of the?
Continental Slope
Which portion of the continental margin serves as a boundary between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
continental slope
Why does ocenaic crust sink beneath the continental crust at a subduction boundary?
The oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust.
How is the Earth's crust created and destroyed?
It is created at mid-oceanic ridges (divergent boundaries) and it is destroyed at subduction zones (convergent boundary between oceanic crust and continental crust).
The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate?
The oceanic crust is subducted underneath the continental crust. This process is known as subduction.
The margin of a continent is the boundary between continental crust and?
oceanic crust
The boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust occurs at the base of the?
Continental Slope
Which portion of the continental margin serves as a boundary between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
continental slope
Which portion of continental Margin serves as a boundary between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
continental slope
Which portion of the continental margin serves as a boundary between the oceanic crust and continental crust?
continental slope
Differences between oceanic-oceanic and oceanic-continental subduction boundary?
Oceanic to oceanic- one plate sinks under the other Oceanic- Continental ocean crust sinks under the other
Which plate boundary destroys crust?
Crust is destroyed at the convergent plate boundary. This is usually between the oceanic and continental plates. This is where subduction of the more dense crust occurs.
Why does ocenaic crust sink beneath the continental crust at a subduction boundary?
The oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust.
At what type of boundary did the 1960 Chilean earthquake occur?
At a convergent boundary between oceanic and continental crust where subduction is occurring.
How is the Earth's crust created and destroyed?
It is created at mid-oceanic ridges (divergent boundaries) and it is destroyed at subduction zones (convergent boundary between oceanic crust and continental crust).
The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate?
The oceanic crust is subducted underneath the continental crust. This process is known as subduction.
What is likely to occur at a boundary where oceanic crust collides with continental crust?
tides will occur.
