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as the plates move towards each other the denser plate subducts into the asthenphere
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What plate boundary is Mount Oyama on?
mount aso is a ocianic plate boundry as it is near enough in sea water and it full of it but does no sit on sea water mount aso is on land but through the middle of the volcano is underwater. any questions :)
Define 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.
What is a zone where rock surfaces are pushing together?
We see tectonic plates pushing together in what is called a convergent plate boundary.
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 is a boundary where 2 plates move apart?
It is called a divergent plate boundary.
What is the plate boundary for unzen?
convergent plate boundary
Does a subduction occur in a convergent boundary?
Subduction is when one of the plates is forced down beneath the other plate at the convergent boundary.
What is the plate boundary of the aleutian trench?
Convergent boundary Convergent boundary
What type of plate boundary dose mount fuji occur at or is it hot spot volcano?
convergent plate boundary
What type of plate boundary does compression occur?
Converging Plate Boundaries
On which type of plate boundary do island arcs occur?
convergent boundaries
What kind of boundaries can cause earthquakes and volcanoes?
Earthquakes can occur at any type of plate boundary, but the most powerful earthquakes tend to occur at convergent boundaries and at transform boundaries.
What are the 3 subtypes of convergent plate boundaries?
1. Oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary. 2. Continental-continental convergent plate boundary. and 3. Oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary.
Three type of plate boundaries where volcanic eruptions can occur?
Convergent, divergent, and, although not a plate boundary, they also occur from hotspots.
What are the three sub types of convergent plate boundrys?
1. Oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary. 2. Continental-continental convergent plate boundary. and 3. Oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary.
Is the subduction zone a plate boundary?
Yes. They occur at convergent plate boundaries (especially oceanic-continental and occasionally at oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries).
What is is also known as a convergent plate boundary?
Phopotatodoftny is also known as a convergent plate boundary.
