oceanic plate

collocation in English

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oceanic
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.ʃiˈæn.ɪk/us
/ˌoʊ.ʃiˈæn.ɪk/
relating ...
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plate
noun
uk
/pleɪt/us
/pleɪt/
a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve ...
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(Definition ofoceanicandplatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The bi-directional diachronism in this transition is attributed to northwestward subduction of two mid-ocean ridges bordering anoceanicplate, and the migration of two ridge-trench-transform triple points.
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As theoceanicplateis subducted, it is subjected to greater and greater pressures with increasing depth.
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Parallel to these ridges and nearer the coasts, oneoceanicplatemay slide beneath anotheroceanicplatein a process known as subduction.
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Before the accretion of the island arc took place, subduction between a continental plate and presumably anoceanicplatewas taking place.
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This largeoceanicplatewas consumed at subduction zones (see subduction zone).
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A "volcanic arc system" is a series of volcanoes that form near a subduction zone where the crust of a sinkingoceanicplatemelts.
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When oneoceanicplatemeets another, the denser plate is forced downward into a deep ocean trench.
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Theoceanicplateis saturated with water, and volatiles such as water drastically lower the melting point of the mantle.
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At a typical subduction zone, anoceanicplatetypically sinks at a fairly steep angle, and a volcanic arc grows above the subducting plate.
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Hot magma upwelling above the descendingoceanicplatecreates volcanoes, each of which erupts for a few million years.
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Anoceanicplateordinarily slides underneath a continental plate; this often creates an orogenic zone with many volcanoes and earthquakes.
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Hot magma upwelling above the descendingoceanicplatecreates volcanoes, and each individual volcano erupts for a few million years.
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This largeoceanicplatewas consumed at subduction zones.
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As subduction continues, the flysch sediments are scraped off the down-goingoceanicplateand are accreted onto the orogenic wedge.
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Topographic depressions which are accertionary and nonaccretionary in nature will depend on the supply ofoceanicplatesediments, continentally derived clastic material and orthogonal convergence rates.
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The volcano itself is estimated to be less than half a million years old; theoceanicplatebeneath it is theorized to be around 10 million years old.
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A megathrust quake can shake the entire earth, but causes stronger movement and strain on the entire associatedoceanicplate, beyond the few hundred kilometer rupture zone.
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The part of theoceanicplateattached to the continent was compressed, the suboceanic crust was severely shortened and thickened as well, giving rise to a duplex structure.
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This water is derived from the breakdown of hydrous minerals in the subducting slab, as well as water in theoceanicplatefrom percolation of seawater.
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