What geologic event could take place when two continental plates converge?

What geologic event could take place when two continental plates converge?

If two tectonic plates collide, they form a convergent plate boundary. Usually, one of the converging plates will move beneath the other, a process known as subduction. Deep trenches are features often formed where tectonic plates are being subducted and earthquakes are common.

What events occur when two continental plates collide?

Plates Collide When two plates carrying continents collide, the continental crust buckles and rocks pile up, creating towering mountain ranges. The Himalayas were born when the Indian subcontinent smashed into Asia 45 million years ago. The Himalayas are still rising today as the two plates continue to collide.

What other geologic event could take place with this type of plate movement?

The geologic events that occur at convergent boundaries include volcanic activity, earthquakes, mountain formation, and subduction.

What are some geologic events?

Geological Features, Events & Phenomena

• Caves.
• Deserts.
• Earthquakes.
• Glaciers.
• Tsunamis.
• Volcanoes.

What other geologic event could take place with type of plate movement?

Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along these plate boundaries (or faults).

What geologic processes take place with the convergence of two oceanic plates?

Oceanic-oceanic convergence Subduction processes in oceanic-oceanic plate convergence also result in the formation of volcanoes. Over millions of years, the erupted lava and volcanic debris pile up on the ocean floor until a submarine volcano rises above sea level to form an island volcano.

What geologic features form when two plates move away from each other?

Divergent zones in oceanic plates form a geological feature called a ridge, forced upward by the pressure of the rising magma. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of an oceanic divergent boundary formation.

What happens when the Oceanic and continental plates collide?

Oceanic-Continental Boundaries. When oceanic and continental plates collide, the oceanic plate undergoes subduction and volcanic arcs arise on land. These volcanoes release lava with chemical traces of the continental crust they rise through.

Why is there no subduction at convergent plate boundaries?

This results in very little subduction, as most of the rock is too light to be carried very far down into the dense mantle. Instead, the continental crust at these convergent boundaries gets folded, faulted, and thickened, forming great mountain chains of uplifted rock.

What are some examples of plate tectonic plates that meet together?

The Alps in Europe. When 2 contenental plates come together (converge), they buckle together, and thrust up, creating mountains. In fact, all mountain ranges that do not have a volcanic origin form like this. Examples: the Himalayas, the Ural, the Alps, ect.

Why is the continental crust thicker than the oceanic crust?

The crust that makes up continental plates is thicker yet less dense than oceanic crust because of the lighter rocks and minerals that compose it. Oceanic plates are made up of heavier basalt, the result of magma flows from mid-ocean ridges.