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There are a few ways this can happen. One is by continental collision. This occurs when two continental plates collide, thrusting the land upward. When the collision is over, the two plates will have been welded into one. The mountains will remain in place long after the collision has ended.
Another mechanism involves rifting. In this cases, a continent starts to pull part. This can produce mountains in two ways. First, blocks of crust sink down, forming valleys, while the areas of up high become mountainr ranges. Second, the resulting faults and thinning of the crust results in volcanic activity, which builds volcanic mountains.
Volcanic mountains can also form at hot spots, where upwelling in the mantle brings hot material to just under the crust, forming magma.
A somewhat unusual mechanism formed the Rocky Mountains. When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, it sinks into the mantle. In the process it forms volcanoes and mountain ranges, usually near the coast. However, a plate on the western side of North American slid down at an unusually shallow angle, dragging on the bottom of the continent, throwing up mountains far from the plate boundary.
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Which type of mountain form because of an oceanic plate and a continental plate colliding?
Fold mountains.
How many tectonic plates meet in the middle of America?
Three tectonic plates meet in the middle of America: the North American Plate, the Pacific Plate, and the Juan de Fuca Plate. This convergent boundary is responsible for the formation of the Rocky Mountains.
Can a volcano form in the middle of the pacific plate?
Yes, volcanoes can form in the middle of tectonic plates, including the Pacific Plate. This type of volcano is usually known as a "hotspot volcano" and is caused by a hotspot of magma beneath the plate. The Hawaiian Islands are a prominent example of hotspot volcanoes that have formed in the middle of the Pacific Plate.
Definition of mountain man?
There are mainly two kinds of mountains, namely fold mountains and block mountains. Fold mountains are formed when a continental plate collides with either another continental plate or an oceanic plate. One example of a continental-continental collision is the collision of the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate, forming the Himalayas fold mountains range which contains Mt. Everest and K2. One example of a oceanic continental collision is the collision of the Nazca plate and the South American plate, forming the Andes mountains. ---- Block mountains are formed when two plate diverge from each other and sink downwards, leaving a highland in the middle of them. That is a block mountain. You might find this useful, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains.
What mountain range has an oceanic plate and continental plate colliding?
Fold mountains.
Are the highest elevations on earth located at the plate boundaries or in the middle of the plates?
Mountains usually form on plate boundaries, where two tectonic plates collide and force the ground upward. There are very few volcanic mountains, such as the Hawaiian Islands, that form in the middle of the plates.
What type of plate boundary form of mountains?
Mountains form at convergent plate boundaries.
Folded mountains in the middle of tectonic plate?
Folded mountains in the middle of a tectonic plate can form due to compressional forces within the plate, possibly caused by the collision of microplates or subduction of small tectonic plates beneath the larger plate. These folding events can create mountain ranges within the interior of a tectonic plate, such as the Urals in Russia or the Appalachian Mountains in the United States.
How can a folded mountain happen in the middle of a tectonic plate?
The tectonic plate boundaries come together and push up on each other to form mountains.
What kind of plate boundary causes mountains to form?
The plate boundary that causes mountains to form is called a convergent boundary.
What plates form the Rocky Mountains?
The North American plate collided with the Pacific plate that created the rocky mountains.
What mountains form Where the indo Australian plate collides into the Eurasian plate?
himalayas
What land-form is forming where the Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian plate collide?
The Himilayan mountains and the Hindu Kush mountains.
What does the collision of a continental plate and an oceanic plate produce?
when two plates collide they form trenches.
What plate collide to form the Andes mountains?
The Andes are a result of the collision of the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate.
Which type of mountain form because of an oceanic plate and a continental plate colliding?
Fold mountains.
What does mountains and earthquakes have alike?
they both form or happen from plate tectionic
