EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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a piece of continental crust and a piece of oceanic crust meeting at a divergent boundary
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a piece of continental crust and a piece of oceanic crust meeting at a convergent boundary
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two pieces of continental crust meeting at a convergent boundary
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two pieces of oceanic crust meeting at a transform boundary
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. When two continental crusts collide, a convergent boundary is formed. Neither of the two plates subducts because they have similar density. The mountains are beginning to form as the rocks are compressed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Volcanoes are one kind of feature that forms along convergent plate boundaries, where two tectonic plates collide and one moves beneath the other.
Detailed explanation-3: -When two plates carrying continents collide, the continental crust buckles and rocks pile up, creating towering mountain ranges. The Himalayas were born when the Indian subcontinent smashed into Asia 45 million years ago. The Himalayas are still rising today as the two plates continue to collide.
Detailed explanation-4: -When two plates collide head-on, they push each other up and form mountains. That’s how the Himalayas and other great mountain ranges (including the Rockies, long ago) were created. When one plate dives below another plate, it creates a subduction zone as the diving plate is crushed and melted.
Detailed explanation-5: -When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, the oceanic crust will always subduct under the continental crust; this is because oceanic crust is naturally denser. Convergent boundaries are commonly associated with larger earthquakes and higher volcanic activity.