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Mountain ranges are formed when two continental plates collide. When they converge one plate will be forced slightly under the other one.
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When two continental plates collide, they often create large mountain ranges through the process of continental collision. This collision can lead to intense folding and faulting of the Earth's crust, resulting in the uplift of mountain chains such as the Himalayas.
When two continental plates collide, a convergent boundary is formed. This collision can create mountain ranges due to intense pressure and compression of the Earth's crust. The collision can also lead to the uplift of crustal rocks and the formation of deep sedimentary basins.
When it is two continental plates, new oceanic crust is formed, and when this continues, more oceanic crust is formed between the plates.
A place where two tectonic plates meet is a fracture in the Earth.
One specific type of continental growth is through continental accretion, where new landmasses are added to existing continents through the collision and amalgamation of tectonic plates. This process leads to the enlargement and diversification of continental crust over geologic time scales.
Oceanic plates are denser and thinner than continental plates, which causes them to be lower in elevation. The denser oceanic plates are effectively pulled downward by gravity, causing them to sink beneath the less dense continental plates. This difference in density and thickness results in oceanic plates being lower than continental plates.
Mountain formation is a feature associated with a continental plate boundary, where the collision of two continental plates results in the uplift of the Earth's crust, creating mountain ranges such as the Himalayas.
The categories are a continental and a continental plate colliding, continental and oceanic plates colliding, and oceanic and oceanic plates colliding. The two continental plates form mountains. The continental and oceanic plated colliding cause subduction zones and volcanoes. Oceanic and oceanic plates colliding form a trench.