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The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate?

This process is known as subduction. When an oceanic plate collides with and is forced underneath a continental plate, it creates a subduction zone. The descending oceanic plate melts due to the intense heat and pressure, causing volcanic activity and the formation of mountain ranges on the continental plate.


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

denser (Apex)


Oean crust dives below continental crust because?

Oceanic crust is denser and thinner than continental crust, so when the two converge at a subduction zone, the oceanic crust is forced to sink beneath the less dense continental crust. This process of subduction is driven by the difference in density between the two types of crust, as well as the movement of tectonic plates.


What are two kinds of crust involved in a subduction zone?

Both continental and oceanic crusts are used in the process of subduction, unless you are talking about see floor spreading, then only oceanic crust is used


Why oceanic crust is always subducted underneath continental crust?

Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust, so when they collide, the denser oceanic crust is forced beneath the lighter continental crust in a process known as subduction. This subduction occurs at convergent plate boundaries where two plates are moving towards each other. The sinking oceanic crust can trigger volcanic activity and create mountain ranges on the continental crust.

Related Questions

What is oceanic-oceanic subduction?

Oceanic crust sinking under a plate with continental crust


What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?

when oceanic crust and continental crust collide, the oceanic crust sinks down beneath the continental crust. this is called subduction.


The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate?

This process is known as subduction. When an oceanic plate collides with and is forced underneath a continental plate, it creates a subduction zone. The descending oceanic plate melts due to the intense heat and pressure, causing volcanic activity and the formation of mountain ranges on the continental plate.


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

denser


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

denser (Apex)


Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?

density


What two types of crust result you subduction?

oceanic and continental


Oean crust dives below continental crust because?

Oceanic crust is denser and thinner than continental crust, so when the two converge at a subduction zone, the oceanic crust is forced to sink beneath the less dense continental crust. This process of subduction is driven by the difference in density between the two types of crust, as well as the movement of tectonic plates.


Why does oceanic crust dive underneath continental crust?

This process is known as subduction and occurs at convergent plate boundaries because oceanic crust is denser than continental crust.


What are two kinds of crust involved in a subduction zone?

Both continental and oceanic crusts are used in the process of subduction, unless you are talking about see floor spreading, then only oceanic crust is used


Why oceanic crust is always subducted underneath continental crust?

Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust, so when they collide, the denser oceanic crust is forced beneath the lighter continental crust in a process known as subduction. This subduction occurs at convergent plate boundaries where two plates are moving towards each other. The sinking oceanic crust can trigger volcanic activity and create mountain ranges on the continental crust.


What is the place where the oceanic crust is forced under the continental crust?

This is called a subduction zone.