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What two things happen as a subducting plate sinks back into earth?
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What is subducting ocean plate?
An ocean plate is subducting if it is flowing under a less dense plate at a convergent plate boundary.
Are subducting plate and oceanic plate the same?
No. While only oceanic crust can subduct it is not always subducting. When two oceanic plates converge, only one of them subducts.
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes mountain range?
north american
Which plate is subducting beneath south American plate to form the san Andreas mountain range?
Nazca
What is slab resistance?
as the subducting plate skins into the mantle, friction between the mantle and lithosphere will oppose plate motion.
What is subducting ocean plate?
An ocean plate is subducting if it is flowing under a less dense plate at a convergent plate boundary.
Why does Indonesia have so many volcanos?
Indonesia is close to the subducting zone of the Eruasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate.
Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
What happens when a subducting plate reaches about 100 km depth?
When the subducting plate reaches about 100 kilometers (60 miles) into the Earth's hot mantle, it triggers partial melting of the overlying plate and forms new magma. Some of the magma rises and erupts as volcanoes.
What plate boundary is the mariana islands on?
In this region, where the western subducting edge of the Pacific plate plunges beneath the Philippine plate, is found the most volcanically active convergent plate boundary on Earth.
Which plates is subducting beneath the South American plate?
The nazca plate
What is a subducting plates?
When one plate moves under the other plate
What is happening to the plate that is connected to Japan and California?
It is subducting.
Are subducting plate and oceanic plate the same?
No. While only oceanic crust can subduct it is not always subducting. When two oceanic plates converge, only one of them subducts.
When an oceanic plate digs into earth hot what occurs?
When an oceanic plate subducts below another continental or oceanic plate, the cold, wet, dense rock and sediments slowly dive into the asthenosphere, where, due to the volume of water contained in the subducting plate, the melting point of the subducting plate is lower than the surrounding rock. Volcanoes may result from the rising of molten material created by the subduction.
Which plate is subducting beneath the south american plate to form the andes?
north american
What kind of plate boundary has the most explosive volcanoes?
Convergent with the oceanic plate subducting under the continental plate.
