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Are the Himalayas an example of a continental- continental convergent plate boundary?
Although they aren't common, yes, transform faults can give rise to mountains. Most transform faults take place between oceanic crust, but an easy-to-see example is that of the San Andreas Fault giving rise to the San Gabriel Mountains.
What is the relationship between continental drift and formation of the earths oceans?
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What type of information show that continental drift has occurred EXCEPT?
Maybe the depth of oceans
What is made of sediment and located at the bottom of the continental slope?
The accumulation of sediment at the bottom of a continental slope is referred to as continental rise. This phenomenon occurs in oceans throughout the world.
What divides the global oceans?
The global oceans are divided by continental land masses into the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic oceans. These divisions are based on the geography of the Earth's continents and the interconnectedness of the ocean basins.
What oceans border the continental US?
antarctic and pacific oceans
Do oceans produce sugar instead of salt?
No, oceans do not produce sugar. They contain salt due to the presence of dissolved minerals like sodium and chloride. Sugar is produced by plants through the process of photosynthesis, not by oceans.
The best fishing in the oceans occur where?
Off the Continental Shelf.
Are the Himalayas an example of a continental- continental convergent plate boundary?
Although they aren't common, yes, transform faults can give rise to mountains. Most transform faults take place between oceanic crust, but an easy-to-see example is that of the San Andreas Fault giving rise to the San Gabriel Mountains.
Where is the crust thicker - under the continental shelf or under the oceans?
The crust is typically thicker under the continental shelf compared to under the oceans. This is because the continental crust is made of lighter granite rocks which are less dense than the basaltic rocks of the oceanic crust, resulting in thicker continental crust.
Air mass that forms over oceans?
it is the continental tropical (cT)
What is the relationship between continental drift and formation of the earths oceans?
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What does plate movement produce?
Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, plate tectonics, continental drift, oceans, mountains, continents, lava, islands, ash, changes in weather, changes in airline schedules, and much more.
What is the collective noun of oceans?
what is another name for oceans
What are the continents in the oceans?
a continent is compared to the continental shelf except the continent is on the in outside
When oceans plates collide with continental plates the denser ocean plate does what?
sinks
Another word for oceans using oceans letters?
sea
