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What is the name given to a region where one plate of the earths crust is sliding under another?
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A subduction zone is the name given to a region where one plate of the earth's crust is sliding under another plate. This is a term found in plate tectonics.
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What is another word for earths outer surface?
The crust
What is platetonics?
one plate of earth crust sliding under another plate
Earths crust is part of the?
The earths crust is a part of the outermost layer.
How do you get silicon out of earths crust?
Silicon is a mixture of the minerals of the earths crust. so.... silicon isn't something from the earths crust. -thanks for your question.
Compared to earths continental crust earths oceanic crust is?
thinner and denser
What layer are the plates sliding on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
What is a fault the science kind?
crack in earths crust where two plates are sliding past each other
What is another word for earths outer surface?
The crust
What is the layer that the earths plates are sliding on?
Tectonic Plates are part of the crust, and floats on the semi-molten rock magma layer.
What is platetonics?
one plate of earth crust sliding under another plate
Which is thicker earths crust or lithosphere?
the lithosphere and the crust of the earth are the same lithosphere is another word for crust so the thickest is both of them.
How do the plates in earths crust move?
The plates float on top of a liquid rock just below the earth's crust. :) $m!/ey G!r/
Earths crust is part of the?
The earths crust is a part of the outermost layer.
How do you get silicon out of earths crust?
Silicon is a mixture of the minerals of the earths crust. so.... silicon isn't something from the earths crust. -thanks for your question.
Compared to earths continental crust earths oceanic crust is?
thinner and denser
What is the size of the earths crust?
The Earths crust is approximately 650 km deep.
What twists tears or pushes part of the earths crust past another?
convection currentsShear
