When the Oceanic and Continental Lithospheres Collide
When Oceanic or Continental Plates Slide Past Each Other in Opposite Directions, or Move in the Same Direction but at Different Speeds, a Transform Fault...
What will happen when two continental plates collide at a convergent boundary?
If two tectonic plates collide, they form a convergent plate boundary. Usually, one of the converging plates will move beneath the other, a process known as subduction. … The new magma (molten rock) rises and may erupt violently to form volcanoes, often building arcs of islands along the convergent boundary.
What events occur during the convergent of continental plates and oceanic plates?
When a continental plate meets an oceanic plate, the thinner, denser, and more flexible oceanic plate sinks beneath the thicker, more rigid continental plate. This is called subduction. Subduction causes deep ocean trenches to form, such as the one along the west coast of South America.
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