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These are formed when oceanic plates slide under continental plates?

Subduction zones are formed when oceanic plates slide beneath continental plates. The process leads to the oceanic plate being forced into the Earth's mantle. This can result in the formation of deep oceanic trenches and volcanic activity at the surface.


Why is oceanic lithosphere subducted during and oceanic continental collision where as the continental plate is not?

Oceanic lithosphere is denser than continental lithosphere, so it is more likely to be subducted during a collision. The downward force exerted by the dense oceanic plate causes it to sink beneath the less dense continental plate. Furthermore, oceanic lithosphere is typically thinner and more malleable, making it easier to be forced beneath the continental lithosphere.


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.


What is the name of the type of boundary where one tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plates?

The type of boundary where one tectonic plate slides under another is called a convergent boundary. This process is known as subduction, where one plate is forced beneath the other due to differences in density.


Oceanic crust slides under continental crust during subduction because oceanic crust is .?

denser (Apex)

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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.


What is formed when a dense ocean plate slides beneath a continental plate?

A subduction zone is formed.


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 happens when the oceanic plate moves to the side and the oceanic plate slides past the continental plate?

adwadadada


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 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.


These are formed when oceanic plates slide under continental plates?

Subduction zones are formed when oceanic plates slide beneath continental plates. The process leads to the oceanic plate being forced into the Earth's mantle. This can result in the formation of deep oceanic trenches and volcanic activity at the surface.


Why is oceanic lithosphere subducted during and oceanic continental collision where as the continental plate is not?

Oceanic lithosphere is denser than continental lithosphere, so it is more likely to be subducted during a collision. The downward force exerted by the dense oceanic plate causes it to sink beneath the less dense continental plate. Furthermore, oceanic lithosphere is typically thinner and more malleable, making it easier to be forced beneath the continental lithosphere.


Were does subduction take place?

Subduction takes place primarily at convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another. This process occurs in areas such as the Pacific Ring of Fire, where oceanic plates are being subducted beneath continental plates, leading to volcanism and seismic activity.


What happens during sudbuction?

During subduction, one tectonic plate is forced beneath another plate into the Earth's mantle. This typically occurs at convergent plate boundaries where two plates collide. As the subducting plate sinks into the mantle, it can cause various geological phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountain ranges.