GEOLOGY
GEOLOGY
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Question
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when one tectonic plate sinks below another
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at every type of convergent plate boundary
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at every type of divergent plate boundary
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at transform boundaries
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Detailed explanation-1: -Where the oceanic lithosphere of a tectonic plate converges with the less dense lithosphere of a second plate, the heavier plate dives beneath the second plate and sinks into the mantle. A region where this process occurs is known as a subduction zone, and its surface expression is known as an arc-trench complex.
Detailed explanation-2: -Subduction zones form where a plate with thinner (less-buoyant) oceanic crust descends beneath a plate with thicker (more-buoyant) continental crust.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the boundaries of two plates, the heavier oceanic plate sinks below the lighter continental plate in a process that experts call subduction.
Detailed explanation-4: -When two oceanic plates converge, the denser plate will end up sinking below the less dense plate, leading to the formation of an oceanic subduction zone.
Detailed explanation-5: -Subduction occurs when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.