The subduction zone where the edge of a plate slides underneath an adjacent plate & eventually melts is never?

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The subduction zone where the edge of a plate slides underneath an adjacent plate & eventually melts is never?

a. located at a midocean ridge
b. located at the margin of a continent
c. associated with a mountain range
d. associated with a chain of islands

2007-03-08 13:32:32 · 2 answers · asked by DEREK H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

2 answers

A. because mid ocean ridges are where new crust is formed, subduction zones are where crust is destroyed.

2007-03-08 13:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋

Although I have to agree with mmchick none of these answers is truly correct. If you look off the southwestern coast of Mexico there is a mid-oceanic ridge that is being subducted. A mere technicallity, to be sure, but nonetheless, and incorrectly worded question.

2007-03-09 01:40:33 · answer #2 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋