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Passive continental margins are not areas of convergence. There is little volcanic and earthquake activity on passive margins. Active margins are areas of convergence where one plate is descending beneath another. They are associated with volcanic and earthquake activity.
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∙ 13y agoBoth passive and active continental margins are located near Coastlines.
The main difference is that active margins are the main sites where tectonic activity takes place (like earthquakes). This is because the continental shelf of active continental margins collide with an oceanic plate, creating subduction.
Very little tectonic activity takes place in passive continental margins because there's no subduction and collision. That's why passive continental margins are usually characterized as flat land and wide continental shelves.
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∙ 13y agoactive margins have trenches
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∙ 13y agothey have a continetal rise (
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