4. At which plate boundary is one lithospheric plate
sliding under another?
A) Nazca Plate and Antarctic Plate
B) Pacific Plate and Indian-Australian Plate
C) Indian-Australian Plate and Antarctic Plate
D) Nazca Plate and Pacific Plate

Respuesta :

Answer:

B) Pacific Plate and Indian-Australian Plate

Explanation:

In convergent boundaries, one of the involved plates sinks under the other plate in a process known as subduction. The correct option is B.  Pacific Plate and Indian-Australian Plate.

Plate boundaries

There are three types of plate boundaries according to the interaction between plates.

Plate boundaries can be either Convergent, divergent, transforming

Convergent Boundary

  • Collision area between two plates.

  • Two oceanic plates might collide, or one oceanic plate with a continental one.

  • In this last case, the oceanic crust sinks under the continental plate, and magma rises to the surface by crevices.

  • The thicker and older plate subduces under the other plate.

  • Volcanoes get formed on the superior plate since magma flows over it.

  • Plates's movement might produce earthquakes.

Example

An example of a convergent boundary is the union between the Pacific Plate and Indian-Australian Plate.

The Pacific plate is subducting under the Indian-Australian Plate since it is the oldest and thickest one.

These movements originated the Kermadec Trench and the Tonga and Kermadec island arcs.

The correct option is B) Pacific Plate and Indian-Australian Plate.

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