continental slope
Yes, that is the reason oceanic crust is at a lower elevation compared to continental crust. Oceanic crust sub-ducts under the less dense continental crust. Continental crust is much older than oceanic crust, because oceanic crust is constantly being destroyed and created.
A tectonic plate consists of a piece or fragment of the earth's lithosphere, which is in turn composed of the earth's crust and that portion of the earth's upper mantle which behaves as a brittle solid through which fractures can propagate.
A simple answer is: Colliding and subductive as they consume the Earth as a portion of the plate is moved beneath another plate and remelted into magma. A common example is the western side of South America where the denser oceanic Pacific Plate moves under the less dense continental South American Plate. The Pacific melts into magma and the South American rises to form the Andes Mts. with a great deal of volcanic activity.
the deep ocean basin
continental shelf
continental slope
continental slope
Oceanic
The continental shelf starts from the shore to a few miles out with less gradient of slope. The continental slope starts after shelf-break with a higher slope gradient, then follows the continental rise and abyssal-plain.
The crust is the least dense portion of the solid Earth because it is the thinnest layer.
Yes, that is the reason oceanic crust is at a lower elevation compared to continental crust. Oceanic crust sub-ducts under the less dense continental crust. Continental crust is much older than oceanic crust, because oceanic crust is constantly being destroyed and created.
The Eurasian and Caribbean plates are separated by the North American plate. Therefore, there is no plate boundary separating the two plates.
Oceanic crust is more dense.
continental rise
Continental shelf
Continental Shelf
continental shelf