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A mountain gets made
Rozella Berge
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∙ 13y agoThese are convergent plates- and if the pressure continues it causes mountain building. The Indian and Eurasian plates collided millions of yrs ago and are STILL pressing against each other. They created the Himalayas which are still growing!
There are three tyoes of boundaries around plates: convergent (pressing against each other); divergent- moving away;. and transform- sliding past each other.
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∙ 14y agoContinental collision results in the uplift of mountains and the formation of thrust faults which slice up the crust.
Also, the continental crust that is attached to the subducting oceanic slab is often pulled down into the mantle by that slab, resulting in Ultra High Pressure Metamorphism.
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∙ 12y agoWhen this plates collide the denser plate will sink under the less dense plate. These are called convergent.
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∙ 9y agoIf two continental crusts, or tectonic plates were to collide, it would be very very very slow. One of the two would subduct - that is, go under the other.
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∙ 11y agomaybe
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How thick is the earth's curst?
The crust consists of two parts: the oceanic and the continental crust. All of these values vary slightly, of course, but oceanic crust is generally 4 - 7 miles (6 - 11 km) thick, whereas continental crust is much thicker, averaging 20 - 25 miles (30 - 40 km), reaching a maximum of 45 miles (70 km) beneath large mountain ranges (having to do with tectonics and isostacy, the "roots" of a mountain range).
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a?
Typically continental plate convergence will result in an orogeny event, or a mountain building event. As the plates converge, the crust will deform, but there will be no plate subduction, and so continent to continent convergence is not related to volcanism. Large thrust faults are often associated with continental convergence zones as well.
What is a continental slope?
The continental slope is the area between the offshore shallows out to where the continental shelf dips steeply to the sea floor. It connects those two areas. The continental shelf is where the shallow waters of the ocean meet the shore. Farther out, the water gets progressively deeper, and this is the continental slope. At the outer edge of the continental slope, the bottom drops sharply away and plunges to the deep ocean. The Wikipedia article has more information and some drawings and diagrams. A link is provided. The steep slopingpart of the ocean floor termination of continental shelves is called continental slope.
Which landform results from divergence of continental crust?
divergence of continental crust create rift zones e.g.east african rift valley.firstly,divergence will create updoming of the area.after that step faulting will take place and that will result in narrow linear sea formation like red sea.finally separation of land and ocean ridge will occur.
What are 2 plates that meet at a convergent boundary?
In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of lithosphere move toward one another and collide. As a result of pressure, friction, and plate material melting in the mantle, earthquakes and volcanoes are common near convergent boundaries. When two plates move towards one another, they form either a subduction zone or a continental collision. This depends on the nature of the plates involved. In a subduction zone, the subducting plate, which is normally a plate with oceanic crust, moves beneath the other plate, which can be made of either oceanic or continental crust. During collisions between two continental plates, large mountain ranges, such as the Himalayas are formed.
What are two differences between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
The oceanic crust consists of heavier rock, mostly Basalt, so that if a oceanic plate collides with a continental plate the oceanic plate will be forced down below the continental plate, forming island arcs.continental plates are thicker than oceanic plates.
What are the two differences between the continental crust and the oceanic crust?
The oceanic crust consists of heavier rock, mostly Basalt, so that if a oceanic plate collides with a continental plate the oceanic plate will be forced down below the continental plate, forming island arcs.continental plates are thicker than oceanic plates.
What happens when convergent plate movement occur?
A convergent boundary of two plates will push together. If it is two continental crusts, then they will both push upward, forming mountains. If it is a continental crust pushing against an oceanic crust, then the oceanic crust will go underneath, melt, and be recycled because the oceanic crust is less dense than the continental crust.
Which is thicker continental crust oceanic crust?
Continental crust is the thicker of the two: it extends far beneath and above the Oceanic crust.
What are the two types of crust on the earth?
There are two types of crust, and they are the oceanic crust and the continental crust. Oceanic crust is thinner yet more dense than continental crust, and continental crust is on average older than oceanic crust :)
What are the two of crust?
oceanic and the continental crust
The two types of crust?
Oceanic and Continental crust. Oceanic crust is made of basalt. Continental crust is made of granite
What are two different sources for sediments in general?
Rivers and continental crust to continental crust.
What is meant by continental crust and oceanic crust?
They are two different types of crust. Continental crust is heavier than Oceanic crust, so when the two collide, the Continental crust 'subducts' under the Oceanic Crust. 'Crust' referring to the tectonic plates, the surface of the Earth we stand on.
What two tyoes of crust?
There are two types of Crust : 1. Continental Crust, 2. Oceanic Crust.
What are two differences between the continental crust and oceanic crust?
Two differences are that the oceanic crust is more dense than continental, and continental crust is composed mostly of granite, while oceanic is mostly basalt
What are the two types of crust and which rocks make up each crust?
there are two types of crust such as the oceanic crust and the continental crust, the oceanic crust is thinner and more dense than the continental crust and is constantly being recycled via subduction upon collisions with Continental crust, and creating at mid-ocean ridges. x
