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Ocean‐continent convergent boundary
Convergent boundary – 3 types
Plate of oceanic crust collides with plate of continental crust. Oceanic crust is subducted (goes under) continental plate.
Continent‐continent convergent boundary
OROGENESIS
Ocean‐ocean convergent boundary
Two oceanic crust plates collide. Older, denser plate usually subducts, site of Island Arc formation.
Plate Tectonics explains
chains of volcanic islands Hot Spots
Lithospheric Plates Carry Continents and Oceans.
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Earthquakes Tend to Occur at Plate Boundaries.
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