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A collision boundary is two plates colliding at each other creating a subduction zone. The heavier/slower plate dives 20-60 degrees down from the surface and the lighter/faster plate is crushed and forms folded mountains along the boundary.
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What happens during a covergent plate boundary?
Plate collision.
What mountain range is being created by the collision between the Indians tectonic plate and the Asian tectonic plate?
The mountain range that is being created by the collision between the Indian tectonic plate and Asian tectonic plate is the Himalaya.
What caused the nisqually earthquake?
by the collision of the north american plate and the pacific ocean plate.
What plate boundary caused the eruption of eyjafallajokull?
collision plate boundary because they make mountains
Which area in the world is an example of plate collision?
Appalachian Mountains
Collision of a continental and oceanic plate causes this in the plates?
compression
What happens during a covergent plate boundary?
Plate collision.
What is a plate called when it slides over another plate?
collision
What does the collision of a continental plate and an oceanic plate produce?
when two plates collide they form trenches.
What created the Andes?
The collision of the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate.
What plate collision would most likely happen in a subduction zone?
A subductive collision.
What mountain range is being created by the collision between the Indians tectonic plate and the Asian tectonic plate?
The mountain range that is being created by the collision between the Indian tectonic plate and Asian tectonic plate is the Himalaya.
What is an example of a continental to continental crust collision?
the recent earthquake in japan is an of the movement plate techtonics
What caused the nisqually earthquake?
by the collision of the north american plate and the pacific ocean plate.
What are mountains formed by the collision of the indo Australian plate and the Eurasian plate?
The Himalayas formed :]
What plate collide to form the Andes mountains?
The Andes are a result of the collision of the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate.
What area in the world is an example of plate collision?
Himalayas
