plate tectonics

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January 25, 2012

 

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or a continental collision (if the two plates contain continental crust). Deep marine trenches are typically associated with subduction zones. Because of friction and heating of the subducting slab, volcanism is almost always closely linked. The nature of a convergent boundary depends on the type of lithosphere in the plates that are colliding...
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Whe a dense oceanic plate colldes with a less-dense continental plate, the oceanic plate is typically thrust underneath because of the greater buoyancy of the continental lithosphere, forming a subduction. At the surface, the topographic expression is commonly an oceanic trensch on the ocean side and a mountain range on the continental side...
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