A convergent boundary (also known as a destructive boundary) is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides...

refer to: Convergent boundary, a type of plate tectonic boundary Convergent (continued fraction) Convergent evolution Convergent series Convergent may also...

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types: Convergent boundaries are areas where plates move toward each other and collide. These are also known as compressional or destructive boundaries. Obduction...

plates meet, their relative motion determines the type of plate boundary (or fault): convergent, divergent, or transform. The relative movement of the plates...

Philippine Sea plate to the west by a divergent boundary with numerous transform fault offsets. The boundary between the Mariana and the Pacific plate to...

The plate forms a convergent boundary by subducting under the Philippine Sea plate creating the Mariana Trench, has a transform boundary with the Caroline...

Earth's distinctive plate tectonics. They mark the locations of convergent plate boundaries, along which lithospheric plates move towards each other at rates...

located on its west-southwest, is the New Hebrides Trench, the convergent boundary between the Australian and New Hebrides plates. Along the Wadati–Benioff...

form as a result of a divergent boundary in plate tectonics (e.g. the Arabian Peninsula), while a convergent boundary may also form peninsulas (e.g. Gibraltar...

collision results in a convergent boundary, a topic covered in plate tectonics. The approximate alignment of so many convergent boundaries trending east to...

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Plate; the westerly edge is a convergent boundary with the subducting Nazca plate; and the northerly edge is a boundary with the Caribbean plate and the...

of Honshu, bordering the Sea of Japan, is a north–south trending convergent boundary between the Amurian and Okhotsk Plates. It has been proposed that...

an arc-shaped chain of volcanoes closely situated parallel to a convergent boundary between two converging tectonic plates) from the west around 1.5...

may have already occurred. The eastern side of the plate is the convergent boundary with the Pacific plate. The Pacific plate sinks below the Australian...

continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates. Where one tectonic plate converges with...

subduction of the Indian tectonic plate with the Eurasian Plate along the convergent boundary. Due to the continuous movement of the Indian plate, the Himalayas...

lateral transform fault, forms a boundary with the Arabian plate. To the south and southwest is a convergent boundary with the African plate. This convergence...

evidence from independent sources can "converge" to strong conclusions Convergent boundary, the movement of two tectonic plates coming closer Convergence zone...

the Ediacaran and early Cambrian led to the development of new convergent plate boundaries and continental-margin arc magmatism along its margins that helped...

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plates moving apart, which is a result of divergent plate boundary forces. The convergent boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate formed...

transform fault boundary, vertical if along a convergent boundary (i.e. subduction or thrust/reverse faulting) or a divergent boundary (i.e. rift zone...

arcs at convergent plate boundaries while basaltic magmatism is found at mid-ocean ridges during sea-floor spreading at divergent plate boundaries. On Earth...

the 1,200 km (750 mi) island chain is the New Hebrides Trench, the convergent boundary between the Australian and Pacific plates. Along the Wadati–Benioff...

called the Red Sea Rift which runs the length of the Red Sea; North, convergent boundary with the Anatolian plate and Eurasian plate, including the East Anatolian...

Philippine Mobile Belt, producing this almost N-S trending trench. The convergent boundary is terminated to the north by the Taiwan collision zone, and to the...

northwest. A transform boundary exists between the Bird's Head and the Molucca Sea Collision Zone to the southwest. Another convergent boundary exists between...

frequent and often cause damage. The earthquakes occur due to a convergent boundary between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. "M 5.5 - 10 km ENE...