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What is the difference between a continental and an oceanic crust collision?
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Oceanic plates don't collide. They split and drift away from the fractures, which becomes filled with erupted magma to form spreading-ridges. E.g. the Mid-Atlantic / Reykjanes Ridges whose junction hosts Iceland.
A collision between oceanic plateand continent usually results in subduction, with the ocean floor being bent downwards and forced below the continent. The results are earthquakes from the stick-slip movement on the thrust-plane, and violently explosive arc volcanoes and plutonic developmentfrom magmarising from partial melting of the subducted crust plus water and organically-rich sediment dragged down with it. E.g., S.E Asia and the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'.
Collision between continents as the ocean finally closes develops mountain ranges. The Himalayas are still rising as India continues to push Northwards into Asia.
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What accounts for the difference in density between oceanic and continental crust?
The oceanic is heavier
Collision of a continental and oceanic plate causes this in the plates?
compression
Why is oceanic lithosphere subducted during and oceanic continental collision where as the continental plate is not?
the oceanic plate is less bouyant so it slides under the continental plate
Match the mountains with the type of collision that formed them?
Andes - continental oceanic aleutians - oceanic oceanic North American cordillera - arc continent Appalachians - continental continental
What is the difference between continential and oceanic crust?
oceanic crust is much more dense than continental crust. Oceanic crust is also responsible for the movement of continental crust.
What is the difference between the continental crust and the oceanic crusts?
Most significantly, there is a material difference in the weight and density of the two types of crust. This manifests itself when tectonic movement brings oceanic in continental plates into collision. Oceanic crust is relatively denser but typically about 100km this. Continental crust is lighter but almost twice as thick--about 200km.
What are three types of orogeny?
Continental-continental, Oceanic-oceanic and Oceanic-continental convergent boundaries.
What accounts for the difference in density between oceanic and continental crust?
The oceanic is heavier
Collision of a continental and oceanic plate causes this in the plates?
compression
What is the difference between the continental and oceanic?
The material they are made of.
What does the collision of a continental plate and an oceanic plate produce?
when two plates collide they form trenches.
Why is oceanic lithosphere subducted during and oceanic continental collision where as the continental plate is not?
the oceanic plate is less bouyant so it slides under the continental plate
Is the Himalayas divergent or convergent?
Yes, the Himalayas are located on a convergent boundary.There are three types of convergent boundaries:-Oceanic-Oceanic-Oceanic-Continental-Continental-ContinentalOf the three types, the Himalayas are considered to be Continental-Continental. Meaning, it's a collision between two continental plates.
Match the mountains with the type of collision that formed them?
Andes - continental oceanic aleutians - oceanic oceanic North American cordillera - arc continent Appalachians - continental continental
What are two difference between the continental crust and the oceanic?
Two differences are that the oceanic crust is more dense than continental, and continental crust is composed mostly of granite, while oceanic is mostly basalt
What is the difference between continential and oceanic crust?
oceanic crust is much more dense than continental crust. Oceanic crust is also responsible for the movement of continental crust.
Where does oceanic and continental plates meet?
In a head-on collision, the oceanic plate subducts into the mantle.
