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Ocean-Ocean Convergent Plate Boundaries
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Ocean Ocean Convergent Plate Boundaries
Summary:
When two plates meet at a convergent plate boundary, the older, denser plate subducts beneath the less dense plate.
The features of an ocean-ocean subduction zone are the same as those of a continent-ocean subduction zone.
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At what landform will the old, dense oceanic crust get pushed back into the mantle?
What is the difference between the three types of convergent boundaries?
What happens during and after an oceanic-oceanic convergence?
Compare and contrast oceanic-continental convergence and oceanic-oceanic convergence.
What are the features of convergent plate boundaries?
Which plates collide to form the Aleutian Islands?
Which plates converged to form the Mariana trench?
What is the deepest trench in the ocean?
Where is the deepest trench on earth, made from convergence oceanic crust located?
What is under the ocean?
What happens when one of the plates is oceanic in convergence?
Which plate boundaries does subduction occur at?
Where are subduction zones found?
Where can I find the deepest part of the ocean?
What is the Mariana Trench?
What type of boundary is associated with earthquakes and tsunamis?
What are the features of ocean-ocean convergent boundaries?
When were trenches at convergent boundaries found?
What is a volcanic arc composed of?