At Destructive Plate Margins?
Destructive Plate Margins a Destructive Plate Margin Usually Involves an Oceanic Plate and a Continental Plate. the Plates Move Towards One Another and This...
What happens at a destructive plate margin?
At a destructive plate boundary (also called convergent boundaries) two plates move towards another. One plate is then pushed underneath the other. (It is the heavier plate that is forced beneath the lighter plate). The point at which one plate is forced beneath the other is called the subduction zone.
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Which plate margins is destructive?
A destructive plate boundary is sometimes called a convergent or tensional plate margin. This occurs when oceanic and continental plates move together. The oceanic plate is forced under the lighter continental plate. Friction causes melting of the oceanic plate and may trigger earthquakes.
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