Why does granite form frequently at oceaniccontinental convergent boundaries but infrequently at oceanic oceanic convergent boundaries?
Question:
Why does granite form frequently at oceanic–continental convergent boundaries but infrequently at oceanic– oceanic convergent boundaries?
Fantastic news! We've Found the answer you've been seeking!
Step by Step Answer:
Answer rating: 80% (10 reviews)
Magma is generated at both types of boundaries But in oceaniccontinental conv...View the full answer
Answered By
Muhammad adeel
I am a professional Process/Mechanical engineer having a vast 7 years experience in process industry as well as in academic studies as a instructor. Also equipped with Nebosh IGC and lead auditor (certified).
Having worked at top notch engineering firms, i possess abilities such as designing process equipment, maintaining data sheets, working on projects, technical biddings, designing PFD and PID's etc.
Having worked as an instructor in different engineering institutes and have been involved in different engineering resrearch projects such as refinery equipment designing, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, chemistry, rotary equipment etc
I can assure a good job within your budget and time deadline
4.90+
52+ Reviews
60+ Question Solved
Related Book For
Conceptual Physical Science
ISBN: 978-0134060491
6th edition
Authors: Paul G. Hewitt, John A. Suchocki, Leslie A. Hewitt
Question Posted:
Students also viewed these Physics questions
-
How does continental crust differ from oceanic crust?
-
Why does continental crust stand higher on the mantle than oceanic crust?
-
In which parts of Earths crust (oceanic and/or continental crust) do we find the two common igneous rocks, basalt and granite?
-
Two experienced managers at Wilson Boat, Inc. are resisting the introduction of a computerized exponential smoothing system, claiming that their judgmental forecasts are much better than any computer...
-
Jody sells her partnership interest to Bill for $10,000. What issues must be addressed by Jody, Bill, and the partnership?
-
State whether the divergence of the following vector fields is positive, negative, or zero: (a) the thermal energy flow in J/(m 2 s) at any point in a freezing ice cube; (b) the current density in...
-
George Tanner died October 2, 2023, survived by his son Thomas and his daughter Gigi Tanner Stewart and her children, Sam and Cindy. George was the sole stockholder of Tanner, Inc., a C corporation....
-
Terra Cotta Designs manufactures custom tiles. The following information relates to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. Beginning balance in Raw Material Inventory.......$ 400,000 Purchases of...
-
Your company has a Microsoft Teams Phone deployment that uses Microsoft as a PSTN carrier. You implement a Teams Rooms on Windows device in each meeting room. Each room account has a Teams Rooms Pro...
-
What are least-square fit and residual variance in sn enhancement, ensemble averaging and what do the numbers mean the residual value was very similar to each other for a different number of scan...
-
What kind of plate boundary separates the North American Plate from the Pacific Plate?
-
Magma is generated at divergent and convergent plate boundaries. What type of magma is dominant at each boundary? Why are they different?
-
Find the slope of the line passing through (4, -5) and (-12, -17).
-
For an efficient amount of a public good to be provided, the marginal cost of producing another unit of that good must equal the marginal benefit to each individual who consumes the good. Is this...
-
Explain why the existence of benefit spillovers across jurisdiction boundaries could lead the jurisdictions to provide too little of that service from societys viewpoint. If the service in question...
-
If school expenditures are selected by majority vote, then most of the voters in the school district will be perfectly happy with the selected amount of spending. Evaluate this statement.
-
It is sometimes argued that state revenue generated by lotteries is different from tax revenue because people choose to buy lottery tickets. Compare three state revenue sources cigarette excise...
-
The efficient quantity of a public good is provided if the marginal production cost equals the sum of consumers marginal benefits. That rule will be satisfied by majority voting about the level of...
-
Mrs. Nila Pratt was the informal leader in the management professors illustration, and Dr. Luce, the assistant dean, was the informal leader in the new deans organization. Why do certain individuals...
-
Splitting hairs, if you shine a beam of colored light to a friend above in a high tower, will the color of light your friend receives be the same color you send? Explain.
-
The velocity profile in circular pipe is given by v = v max (1 - r/R) 1/7 , where R is the radius of the pipe. Find the average velocity in the pipe in terms of v max .
-
An in-compressible fluid flows past a flat plate, as in the figure below, with a uniform inlet profile and a polynomial exit profile Compute the volume flow Q across the top surface of the control...
-
Rework Problem 4.14 if the plates are circular and have radius L. Data From Problem 4.14 Two very long parallel plates of length 2L are separated a distance b. The upper plate moves downward at a...
-
You are planning to retire in 30 years. You want to be able to spend $40,000 per year in retirement, adjusted for inflation (so you will spend the equivalent in each year of $40,000 in today's...
-
From a lawsuit, you have been awarded a 31-payment, constant growth annuity. The first payment is at Year O and is equal to $380, and each subsequent payment will be paid in 16 month intervals, with...
-
You will receive 13 payments of $535, where the first payment will be received today (Month 0) and all other payments will be received in 10-month intervals (Months 10, 20, 30 ... 120). Assume that...
Study smarter with the SolutionInn App