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The type of plate boundary along the Peru-Chili trench is the convergent type which is acting between the Nazca plate and the South American plate
Md. Rafiqul Islam, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Petroleum & Mining Engineering
Shahjalal University of Science & Technology
Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
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At what type of boundary did the 1960 Chilean earthquake occur?
At a convergent boundary between oceanic and continental crust where subduction is occurring.
What pronounced submarine feature along the eastern margin of the Nazca Plate indicates that it is a convergent plate boundary?
The pronounced submarine feature along the eastern margin of the Nazca Plate that indicates a convergent plate boundary is the Peru-Chile Trench, also known as the Atacama Trench. This deep oceanic trench marks the subduction zone where the Nazca Plate is being forced beneath the South American Plate. The presence of this trench is a clear indicator of the tectonic activity associated with convergent boundaries, characterized by intense geological processes, including earthquakes and volcanic activity.
At What type of boundary would a trench be created?
Trenches such as the Peru-Chile trench are found at destructive (also known as convergent) subductive plate margins where the denser oceanic plate is being subducted beneath the lighter continental plate. Trenches are common at subduction zones.
What fault lines are in the ring of fire?
Some of the major fault lines in the Ring of Fire include the Pacific Plate boundary, which consists of the San Andreas Fault in California, the Japan Trench, and the Peru-Chile Trench. These fault lines are known for frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to the intense tectonic movement along the Pacific Plate and its neighboring plates.
Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
Subduction of nazca plate beneath TE south American plate since nazca plate is an oceanic plate, which means it is more dense than the south American plate, which is continental. Oceanic plates have 3.0g/cm^3 of density. Continental have 2.8g/cm^3 of density. Denser plate always sinks beneath less dense plates :)
What is the plate boundary of Peru-chili trench?
A convergent plate boundary.
What type of plate boundary is the peru-chili trench?
The Peru-Chile Trench is a convergent plate boundary, where the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate. This subduction zone is associated with frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity.
What submarine feature lies on the eastern margin of the Nazca plate indicates its convergent?
Peru Chili Trench
What kind of plate boundary forms a mountain rainge and a deep ocean trench like the Andes Mountain Range and Peru-Chile trench?
oceanic-continental convergence
What boundary is Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
The Trench and Andes are on the boundaries of the Nazca and South American Plates. Both of those landforms are the result of a subducting Nazca Plate.
What boundary is Peru Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
The Trench and Andes are on the boundaries of the Nazca and South American Plates. Both of those landforms are the result of a subducting Nazca Plate.
At what type of boundary did the 1960 Chilean earthquake occur?
At a convergent boundary between oceanic and continental crust where subduction is occurring.
At What type of boundary would a trench be created?
Trenches such as the Peru-Chile trench are found at destructive (also known as convergent) subductive plate margins where the denser oceanic plate is being subducted beneath the lighter continental plate. Trenches are common at subduction zones.
What fault was the southern Chile earthquake 1960?
The 1960 southern Chile earthquake occurred due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate along the Peru-Chile Trench. This subduction zone is part of the larger Pacific Ring of Fire where tectonic plates meet and seismic activity is common.
What is the cause of the Peru Chile Trench and the Andes Mountains?
The subduction of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate.
What fault lines are in the ring of fire?
Some of the major fault lines in the Ring of Fire include the Pacific Plate boundary, which consists of the San Andreas Fault in California, the Japan Trench, and the Peru-Chile Trench. These fault lines are known for frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to the intense tectonic movement along the Pacific Plate and its neighboring plates.
Where do deep-ocean trenches occur?
Ocean ridges and deep ocean trenches force slab pull and slab push to facilitate plate tectonics. The ocean ridges raise the ocean floor pushing the plate toward the trench, which is lower pulling the plate into the subduction zone.
