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Crustal assimilation happens where some tectonic plates border on each other. These generally occur at deep ocean trenches where the oceanic crust (suducting oceanic lithosphere) is being pushed under the continental crust (continental lithosphere). Water and other volatiles are driven from suducting oceanic crust causing the mantle rock to melt and the resulting magma to rise and form a continental volcanic arc. The "ring of fire" around the Pacific Ocean is a good example of this. When the suducting oceanic lithosphere melts and rises it assimilates with other rocks causing granitic type igneous bodies to form.
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What is the direction of crustal movement of the Indian- Australian plate?
its moving to the right of Indian
What is one other way energy is transferred from the inside of Earth to the outside other than by crustal plate movement?
Heat loss by electromagnetic radiation & by convection
How diffusion will occur?
diffusion is occur when different concentration gradient is applied
What is the name of the geological theory that states that large pieces or slabs of Earth's crust -or lithosphere- are in constant slow motion?
The movement of crustal or lithospheric plates is a part of the theory of plate tectonics.
What problems can occur if a highway has sharp bends?
what problems can occur if a highway have sharp bends
How have crustal plates moved over time?
Molten magma from the mantle rises at the top oceanic ridge, cools and solidifies, continually forming a crustal plate. Hundreds to thousands of miles from the ridge the plate moves downward into the mantle at the contact with another plate and melts. The continuous process resembling a large "conveyor belt" moves the crustal plate a few centimeters each year.
Where does most assimilation occur?
It occurs in the intestines.
Where does crustal place movement occur?
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What are three mechanisms of crustal thickening that occur at convergent boundaries?
Three mechanisms for crustal thickening are magmatic intrusion, sedimentation, and faulting.
Why do volcanic activities occur at zones of crustal activity?
Because of the plate tectonic
In which general area of North America did most Cenozoic crustal activity occur?
Western
Does assimilation occur through the small or large intestine?
Through the small intestine
When did the first impact of crustal plates occur in the area that is now New England?
tectonic plates
What natural events can occur when crustal plates move over each other?
earthquakes and tsunamis
Physical or chemical changes that occur in exposed crustal material through the activity of the forces of nature is?
erosion
What is likely to occur on the earth's surface where it lies above the edges of crustal plates?
volcanoes,earthquakes,mountains
In which earth layer does crustal plate movement occur because of convection cells?
in which earth layers does crusal plate movement occur because of convection cells
