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What is a convergent boundary ocean to continent?
A convergent plate boundary forms where two plates collide. That collision can happen between a continent and oceanic crust, between two oceanic plates, or between two continents. Oceanic crust is always destroyed in these collisions.
What does a convergent ocean-ocean plate collision makes?
Convergent plate boundaries are locations where lithospheric plates are moving towards one another. The plate collisions that occur in these areas can produce earthquakes, volcanic activity, and crustal deformation.
What are examples of convergent boundaries?
Examples. The collision between the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate that is forming the Himalayas. Subduction of the northern part of the Pacific Plate and the NW North American Plate that is forming the Aleutian Islands. Subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate to form the Andes.
What is a real life example of a convergent boundary?
The Andes Mountain Range of western South America is another example of a convergent boundary between an oceanic and continental plate. Here the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American plate .
What can happen at a convergent boundary?
Convergent boundaries are highly unstable areas of the lithosphere of the Earth. Some or all of these activities happen at the convergent boundaries: subduction of the denser plate underneath the less dense one, melting of parts of the subducted plates, plate collision, faulting and folding,…
What happens at a continental oceanic convergent boundary?
When a continental and an oceanic plate collide at the convergent boundary of the two plates, subduction zones often develop. The thinner and denser oceanic plate usually subducts below the thicker and less dense continental plate.
How does convergent boundary differ from a divergent boundary?
A convergent boundary differs from a divergent boundary in that: a convergent boundary is where plates come together, and a divergent boundary is where they move apart from each other. Log in for more information.