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These are formed when oceanic plates slide under continental plates?
When oceanic plates slide under continental plates they form subduction zones. Subduction zones always occur at convergent boundaries where one plate slides beneath another plate.
What happens during subduction?
Dense oceanic crust slides under less dense continental crust
What happens when a tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plate?
This happens at a plate boundary. The oceanic plate subducts (sinks) under the continental plate, because it is heavier. (the oceanic plate is made of basalt and the continental plate is made of granite.) This happens at a destructive plate margin. it is called this because part if the oceanic plate is destroyed, because it melts as it sinks.
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
This type of boundary forms when the crust of one plate is being pushed down and turned into molten rock?
The type of boundary that forms when the crust of one plate is pushed down under another plate and turned into molten rock is referred to as a convergent boundary. Convergent boundaries form when oceanic crust slides beneath continental crust.
When two continental plates collide sometimes one plate slides beneath the other in a process known as subduction. When one continental plate slides beneath another......?
material from the Earth's surface is returned to the interior.
When one continental plate slides under another this is formed?
When one plate slides beneath another it is said to subduct. This is called a subduction zone. However, a continental plate cannot subduct, only an oceanic plate can. When two continental plates collide the land between them is squeezed horizontally, forming mountain ranges. Eventually the continental land masses will fuse together.
What is formed when a dense ocean plate slides beneath a continental plate?
A subduction zone is formed.
These are formed when oceanic plates slide under continental plates?
When oceanic plates slide under continental plates they form subduction zones. Subduction zones always occur at convergent boundaries where one plate slides beneath another plate.
What happens during subduction?
Dense oceanic crust slides under less dense continental crust
What happens when the oceanic plate moves to the side and the oceanic plate slides past the continental plate?
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What happens which one continental plate slides under another?
Tsunami and/or Earthquake. I'm not 100% about some of the other stuff.
What happens when one plates slides past another?
Earthquakes
What happens when a plate slides against another plate?
it has transform boundary
What happens when sea floor plate slides into a continental plate what type of boundary wiil it make?
mountains or volcanoes will appear
What happens to points along the pacific ring of fire?
Various things happen along the Pacific ring of fire. In places the Pacific Plate slides alongside a Continental Plate. It does not slide smoothly but jerks. When that happens, an earthquake occurs. In other places it slides underneath a Continental Plate. That can lead to an earthquake. When it slides under land, it can lead to a volcano. When it slides under the ocean it can cause a Tsunami. In some places the plate has been still for centuries.
What happens when a tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plate?
This happens at a plate boundary. The oceanic plate subducts (sinks) under the continental plate, because it is heavier. (the oceanic plate is made of basalt and the continental plate is made of granite.) This happens at a destructive plate margin. it is called this because part if the oceanic plate is destroyed, because it melts as it sinks.
