The heavier/denser oceanic plate subducts the lighter, less - dense continental plate.
Tectonic
Destructive plate margins in the Pacific Ocean are primarily found along the boundaries of the Pacific Plate, where it subducts beneath surrounding continental and oceanic plates. Notable locations include the Mariana Trench, where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the Mariana Plate, and the Japan Trench, where it subducts beneath the North American Plate. These regions are characterized by intense seismic activity and the formation of deep ocean trenches and volcanic arcs.
The two plates are; Indo-Australian Plate subducts and Pacific Plate that form the Puysegur Trench.
The heat from the inside of the earth melts the plat as it subducts.
it does not lie on a plte boundary but near the pacific plate
No. It subducts under the continental plate.
An oceanic plate subducts into the mantle at convergent plate boundaries.
Treches are formed when an ocean plate subducts under a continental plate.
Tectonic
The geological formation that often occurs where one tectonic plate subducts under another is a trench.
The Pacific Plate subducts beneath northern New Zealand, and the Australian Plate subducts beneath New Zealand in the South.
The older denser plate subducts
the oceanic plate is more dense and subducts, or goes below, the continental plate.
Destructive plate margins in the Pacific Ocean are primarily found along the boundaries of the Pacific Plate, where it subducts beneath surrounding continental and oceanic plates. Notable locations include the Mariana Trench, where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the Mariana Plate, and the Japan Trench, where it subducts beneath the North American Plate. These regions are characterized by intense seismic activity and the formation of deep ocean trenches and volcanic arcs.
as the plates move towards each other the denser plate subducts into the asthenphere
The Pacific plate subducts beneath the eurasian plate
the oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate and then melts in the mantle and often will create volcanos along the conitinental plate.\