The oceanic plate is made of denser and heavier rock, so it begins to sink down under the continental plate and into the mantle.

海洋板块是由密度更大、更重的岩石构成的，所以它开始下沉到大陆板块之下，到地幔之中。

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Just south-west the city, the Philippine Sea plate dives down under the Eurasian continental plate;

就在东京西南方向，菲律宾海洋板块潜入欧亚大陆板块之下；

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When a continental plate come to rest over a hot spot, the material rising from deeper layers creates a broad dome.

当大陆板块漂移到热点上方，来自地球深层涌出的物质便形成了巨大的圆顶状隆起物。

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This effect might be enhanced in plates without a very rigid continental plate, such as Central America as opposed to the Cascades.

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It is hard to imagine how faults on one continental plate might communicate with those on another that is hundreds of kilometres away.

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