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What would be expected to result from a collision between a continental lithospheric plate and a oceanic lithospheric plate?
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Typically the less dense continental plate would stay afloat while the denser oceanic plate would be submerged below. This can result in volcanic eruptions at the subduction zone due to oceanic crust undergoing increased pressure and temperatures as it descends below the continental crust.
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What plate boundary is associated with earthquakes in Alaska?
The collision between the Pacific Oceanic Plate and the North American Continental plate can cause earthquakes in Alaska.
Stick-slip motion between lithospheric plates is what causes an?
Earthquake
Detail about how Himalayas were formed?
Their formation is a result of a continental collision along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian plate. This is referred to as a fold mountain.
What would happen if the continental crust and the oceanic crust went into each other?
In a convergent plate collision between continental and oceanic plates, the more dense oceanic plate would subduct, or move underneath, the less dense continental plate, eventually melting into the mantle at the leading edge.
What happens when two continental plates come together?
When two Continental plates come together, they both collide.This forms mountains.
What does a collision between two pieces of continental crust at a colliding boundry produce?
earthquake
How collision between continental plates can result in the formation of metamorphic rock?
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Is it true that mountains form as a result of a collision between two continental plates?
That is one method of mountain formation, yes.
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.
What does the lithospthere include?
The lithosphere includes the crust (oceanic and continental) and the uppermost part of the mantle. The lithospheric plates are thinnest at the ocean, varying from between a few kilometers to 100 kilometers in deep-ocean basins. The continental lithosphere, on the other hand, is generally about 100 to 250 kilometers thick. The most important feature of the lithosphere is its divisions into lithospheric plates. These plates move and collide, creating earthquakes, fault lines, etc.
What plate always subducts?
The heavier/denser oceanic plate subducts the lighter, less - dense continental plate.
What plate boundary is associated with earthquakes in Alaska?
The collision between the Pacific Oceanic Plate and the North American Continental plate can cause earthquakes in Alaska.
How does a collision between continental plates can result in the formation of a metamorphic rock?
The collision of contiental plate places rocks under enormous pressure, greater than can be produced from burial alone. This extreme pressure leads to high grades of metamorphism.
What is the outcome of the collision between oceanic and continental crust?
Usually subduction of the denser thinner oceanic crust under the lighter thicker continental crust. This also produces a row of volcanoes in the continental crust producing lava high in water content and resulting in explosive eruptions.
Stick-slip motion between lithospheric plates is what causes an?
Earthquake
What is the difference between an effective collision and ineffective collision of reactant particles?
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How are fold mountains made?
Fold mountains are formed from the collision of continental tectonic plates. Since neither plate subducts under the other, the colliding plates wrinkle and fold like a rug being pushed into a wall.
