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What happens at all convergent plate boundaries?

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At convergent plate boundaries two plates are moving towards one another and different scenarios are in play.

Most importantly, at these margins the crust is being destroyed.

  • At continental - continental crust margin, there is an uplift because the density of the two crust is similar and lesser than that of the mantle below.
  • At continental - oceanic crust margin, subduction zones are found where the denser oceanic crust sinks beneath into the mantle.
  • This is also the case with ocean - ocean convergence zone.

Some of the features found at this margin include, oceanic trenches, accretionary wedges, volcanic islands, earthquakes

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