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Which tectonic plates cause the Andes mountains to rise?
The Andes Mountain Range is a result of the Nazca Plate subducting under the South American Plate.
What happens when the nazca seafloor plate pushes into the so American continental plate?
When the Nazca seafloor plate pushes into the South American continental plate, it creates a convergent boundary. This leads to subduction, where the denser oceanic plate is forced beneath the less dense continental plate. This process can result in the formation of deep oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and seismic activity such as earthquakes.
What is an example of oceanic-continental convergence?
Andes, convergence between South American Plate and Pacific Plate
Name a plate that is entirely made of continental crust?
All major plates contain both continental and oceanic crust except for the Pacific and Nazca plates.
What is likely happening at the boundary between the Nazca plate and the South American plate?
Answer this question… Subduction of oceanic crust beneath continental crust
What are the three subtypes of convergent plate boundaries and give examples of types of landmass formed at each boundary?
The three subtypes of convergent plate boundaries are oceanic-continental, oceanic-oceanic, and continental-continental. At oceanic-continental boundaries, such as the Nazca Plate subducting beneath the South American Plate, volcanic mountain ranges like the Andes are formed. At oceanic-oceanic boundaries, like the Pacific Plate subducting beneath the North American Plate, island arcs such as the Aleutian Islands are created. Finally, at continental-continental boundaries, such as the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate, large mountain ranges like the Himalayas are formed.
What type of crust is found on the nazca plate?
It forms a convergent boundary with the South American Plate, divergent.
What are the three sub-types of convergent plate boundaries?
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Where is there a real world example of an oceanic to oceanic convergent boundary?
The western coast of South America is a very good example of an oceanic to continental convergent boundary where the Nazca plate is colliding (and being subducted beneath) the South American plate.
What type of crust can be found on the south American plate where it meets the nazca plate?
At the boundary where the South American Plate meets the Nazca Plate, you can find subduction zones. The oceanic Nazca Plate is being forced beneath the continental South American Plate, forming a destructive plate boundary. This collision results in the formation of deep ocean trenches and the Andes mountain range due to the intense tectonic forces at work.
When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate which plate is subducted?
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, the oceanic plate is always subducted. Oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, and they have a higher iron content. Since they are denser, oceanic plates always sink below the continental plate in the event of a collision.
What type of plates collided to form the Andes Mountains on the west coast of South America?
The Andes were a result of the collision of the Nazca Plate & the South American Plate.
