Question

How does the type of crust affect convergent boundary movement?

Answer 1

Hint: The crust is included in the solid or outer part of the earth, the crust is made up of tectonic plates and the movement or the collision of the plates affect the convergent boundary movement.

Complete answer: The lithosphere of the earth includes the crust and the upper mantle. It is made up of layers of pieces and is known as Tectonic Plates. The plates move slowly over time, when these tectonic plates come together it is called the convergent boundary. A convergent boundary is also known as a destructive boundary. The process of the movement of plates or when one plate eventually slides beneath the other place is known as subduction.
At a convergent boundary, the combination of the types of crust affects the movement at the boundary. The collision of a continental plate and an ocean plate is the most general form of convergent boundary.
The colliding plates can make a huge impact as it can result in buckling up of plates into mountain ranges or one of the plates can tilt down into a deep seafloor trench.
Along these boundaries, a chain of volcanoes is often formed. Also, earthquakes are common along the convergent plate boundaries.
The Oceanic crust is generally forced down into the mantle where it melts, at the convergent plate boundaries. The Continental crust is created and oceanic crust is destroyed when the magma rises into and through the other plate, thickening into granite, the continents are formed.

Note: The Wadati-Benioff Zone is planar or it is a subduction zone where many earthquakes occur. Hugo Benioff, in 1945 introduced the Wadati-Benioff zone.