GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

TECTONICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a
A
mid ocean ridge
B
deep ocean trench
C
rift valley
D
mountain range
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When two continental crusted plates converge, they eventually collide and end up producing mountains; this was how the Himalayan Mountains were created. Neither continental crust will subduct underneath one another because of their similar densities.

Detailed explanation-2: -The impact of the colliding plates can cause the edges of one or both plates to buckle up into a mountain ranges or one of the plates may bend down into a deep seafloor trench. A chain of volcanoes often forms parallel to convergent plate boundaries and powerful earthquakes are common along these boundaries.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. Deep trenches are features often formed where tectonic plates are being subducted and earthquakes are common at subduction zones as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Himalayan mountain range and Tibetan plateau have formed as a result of the collision between the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate which began 50 million years ago and continues today.

Detailed explanation-5: -Continental collisions are found along convergent boundaries and responsible for rapid uplift and the formation of mountains. Some of the mountain ranges made by continental collisions are: Himalayan Mountain Range. The collision of the Indian Plate and Eurasian plate formed the Himalayas.

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