Table of Contents
- 1 What is found deep in the ocean floor where a convergent boundary occurs?
- 2 Which type of zone is located at a deep ocean trench?
- 3 What is the earth deepest point called?
- 4 Where are most of the convergent plate margins located?
- 5 Which is a permanent feature of the deep ocean?
- 6 What happens when tectonic plates converge in the ocean?
What is found deep in the ocean floor where a convergent boundary occurs?
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.
Which type of zone is located at a deep ocean trench?
Deep-sea trenches generally lie seaward of and parallel to adjacent island arcs or mountain ranges of the continental margins. They are closely associated with and found in subduction zones—that is, locations where a lithospheric plate bearing oceanic crust slides down into the upper mantle under the force of gravity.
Where on earth can you find convergent boundaries?
Examples of continent-continent convergent boundaries are the collision of the India Plate with the Eurasian Plate, creating the Himalaya Mountains, and the collision of the African Plate with the Eurasian Plate, creating the series of ranges extending from the Alps in Europe to the Zagros Mountains in Iran.
What is the earth deepest point called?
The Mariana Trench, in the Pacific Ocean, is the deepest location on Earth.
Where are most of the convergent plate margins located?
A) in deep sea trenches. B) in subduction zones. C) at mid-ocean ridges. D) along transform faults. C) at mid-ocean ridges. In which ocean are most of the world’s convergent plate margins located?
What is the definition of a convergence zone?
Convergence Zones (CZ) are surface or near-surface regions where “focusing” of sound rays occurs, resulting in very high sound levels.
Which is a permanent feature of the deep ocean?
Sound channels are classified as either shallow sound channels or deep sound channels. Shallow sound channels occur in the main thermocline. They are usually associated with fronts and eddies, and are therefore, transitory. The deep sound channel (DSC) is a permanent feature of the deep ocean.
What happens when tectonic plates converge in the ocean?
Sometimes an entire ocean closes as tectonic plates converge, causing blocks of thick continental crust to collide. A collisional mountain range forms as the crust is compressed, crumpled, and thickened even more.