answersLogoWhite

0


Want this question answered?

Be notified when an answer is posted

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: One continental plate one oceanic plate?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Continue Learning about Natural Sciences

Differences between oceanic-oceanic and oceanic-continental subduction boundary?

In an oceanic-oceanic subduction boundary, one oceanic plate subducts beneath another oceanic plate. This process can result in volcanic island arcs being formed. In an oceanic-continental subduction boundary, an oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate. This can lead to the formation of volcanic mountain ranges on the continental plate.


When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate .?

When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, the oceanic plate slips under the continental one and into the mantle in a process called subduction. The area will be prone to large earthquakes and tsunamis. A chain of volcanoes will form on the continent.


Give the name of one plate that contains mostly oceanic lithosphere and of one plate that continenmental litosphere?

One plate that contains mostly oceanic lithosphere is the Pacific Plate, which is predominantly made up of oceanic crust. One plate that contains mostly continental lithosphere is the North American Plate, which consists mainly of continental crust. These distinctions are based on the composition and thickness of the lithosphere in each plate.


What are 3 types of convergent pate boundaries?

Oceanic-continental plate boundary: where an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, causing the oceanic plate to subduct beneath the continental plate. Oceanic-oceanic plate boundary: occurs when two oceanic plates collide, with one plate usually subducting beneath the other. Continental-continental plate boundary: where two continental plates collide, leading to the formation of mountain ranges through intense compression and uplifting of the crust.


What types of boundaries have subduction zones?

Convergent boundaries can form between two oceanic plates, between one oceanic plate and one continental plate, or between two continental plates.

Related questions

Match the mountains with the plates involved?

Aleutians: Two oceanic plates Appalachians: Two continental plates Andes: One continental plate, one oceanic plate Nore American Cordillera: One island plateau, one continental plate :D


What types of plate boundaries have subduction zone?

Convergent boundaries can form between two oceanic plates, between one oceanic plate and one continental plate, or between two continental plates.


What happens when one continetal and one oceanic plate collide?

Well the oceanic plate is usually lower than the continental plate so i think the ocianic plate will smash upward. I may be wrong...


What are the types of collisions that happen at convergent boundaries?

Subduction (where one plate is forced beneath another less dense plate - may occur at oceanic-oceanic and oceanic-continental boundaries), obduction (where oceanic plate is forced over a continental plate) and orogenesis where two continental plates collide and mountains are formed (e.g. the Himalayas).


When an oceanic plate collides with the continental plate the oceanic plate is usually subduction because?

with all that water pushing down on the plate, one of the plates has to go under. the one that is sliding under the top plate is usually the one that goes under. <3 hope this helps:)


What do one oceanic and one continental crust produce when the oceanic crust is subducted under the continental one?

A trench and a strata volcano.


What type of fault is at the Aleutian Islands?

convergent, when an oceanic plate slides under a continental one, creating volcanoes


What is a destructive plate boundry?

this is when one made up of continental crust and one made up of oceanic crust move towards eachother.


What two types of plates does convergent boundaries involve?

There are two types of crust on Earth: oceanic and continental. A convergent plate boundary can involve two plates of oceanic crust, two of continental crust, or one of each.


Why isn't there very many volcanoes in the Himalayas?

Because it's one continental plate (Eurasian plate) colliding with another continental plate (Indo-Australian). As the continental rock is too light to sink, the edges are just pushed up. Volcanoes only occur on a plate boundary when an oceanic plate is involved.


Zones or places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates?

Subduction of oceanic plates under continental plates occurs at convergent plate boundaries, where the plates are moving toward each other. When an oceanic plate meets a continental plate, it is usually the one subducted, due to its greater density. The Pacific "Ring of Fire", particularly east to south east Asia and the west coast of South America, is the result of oceanic plate subduction, and hence there is a high number of earthquakes and volcanism in the area.


Where does subdution occur?

Subduction (I believe that's what you meant) occurs at CONVERGENT boundaries, where two plates collide and the less dense one remains and the denser one sinks. An example of subduction is two oceanic plates colliding. Oceanic plates contain mainly basalt, which is dense. The oceanic plate closer to a heat source (hot spot, volcano) would remain in place while the denser plate sinks (cold water is denser than hot water so it sinks) below the other. When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, the oceanic plate sinks because granite (what continental plates are composed of mainly) is less dense than basalt, therefore the oceanic plate would sink. However, when two continental plates collide, because both plates are made of granite and are not very dense, they push and shape the land into mountains.