The weight of tectonic plates, particularly dense oceanic ones, influences their movement. Oceanic plates, due to their higher density, experience more gravitational pull into the mantle at subduction zones. Conversely, thicker and less dense continental plates resist this pull. However, they are stil...
Which plate is the North American Plate moving away from? What is a plate in plate tectonics? How does the Eurasian Plate move? What type of boundaries does the Eurasian Plate have? What direction is the Eurasian Plate moving? What crust is the Eurasian Plate made of?
how do tectonic plates move? Please explain, or tell me about the source from where i can get the answer. thanks. Byanon65943— On Feb 16, 2010 Giving that plates are moving in either direction, at a known distance, would we be able to harness this energy. ...
hypothesis is based on the direction the Americas are moving in now.But others hypothesize that a new super continent will form in a different way.They think that a new subduction zone will might occur at the western edge of the Atlantic Ocean.Paul, can you remind us what a subduction ...
How are the Nazca and South American Plates convergent? How many earthquakes happen on the Nazca Plate? What is a plate in plate tectonics? Which direction is the Nazca Plate moving? What is the plate tectonic model? What do tectonic plates do?
Why are the plates moving apart from each other and what evidence do they have to prove it? Byanon245204— On Feb 04, 2012 I'm doing a project on plate tectonics. What was the type of plate boundary that India and Africa had while joined with Pangaea? I know this isn't part of th...
When two tectonic plates rub against each other in opposite directions, what is formed is known as a transform fault boundary. This action can also form a transform fault boundary even if the two tectonic plates are moving in the same direction. When a transform fault boundary is formed, it...
Seismic waves travel in two very different ways. Some of them, known asprimary waves(or p-waves), vibrate the ground in the direction in which the waves themselves are moving. They travel in a similar way to ordinary sound waves by alternately squeezing and stretching the ground in patterns...
research associate in volcanology at the University of Bristol, said: "This is a very different eruption to that of Eyjafjallajokull in 2010 where a large explosive eruption under a glacier produced a very large cloud and very fine ash in the atmosphere when the wind direction was p...
What are the fastest moving earthquake waves? P wavestravel fastest and are the first to arrive from the earthquake. In S or shear waves, rock oscillates perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. In rock, S waves generally travel about 60% the speed of P waves, and the S wave ...