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Igoryamba
4 years ago
10

based on the distribution of earthquake epicenters alone, why is the boundary of the Nazca plate along the east pacific rise, a

divergent boundary rather than a convergent one?
Geography
1 answer:
Yanka [14]4 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The Nazca plate is subducting under the South American plate, and as it sinks the weight of the plate pulls the entire plate away from the east-pacific rise.  Also, convection currents in the mantle/asthenosphere are pulling hotter rock from inside the earth up to the surface at the east-pacific rise pushing the Nazca plate to the east and pushing the Pacific plate west.

A convergent boundry would be on the far east side of the Nazca plate where it is pushing east and the South American plate is pushing west - causing the more dense Nazca plate to subduct under the less dense South American plate.

Explanation:

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