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Essay Galaxy - How Earthquakes Are Caused
How Earthquakes Are Caused
When any two plates collide, some sort of activity is bound to take
place. A specific type of boundary is a convergent plate boundary. At this
type of boundary, two plates are moving towards each other. Neither plate
is subducted into the mantle.
Many things happen when plates drive into each other. Including
volcanic activity. When two continents are on the edges of plates, the land
crumples, and is deformed. There are numerous earthquakes as these
mountains are formed. When two plates with sea floor boundaries collide,
mountains do build up, but are rarely visible at the surface. At a sea
floor to continent plate boundary, the sea floor lithosphere is subducted
into the mantle, with almost the same effects.
Most islands and island chains are results of volcanic activity.
You see, even though neither plate is actually being subducted on ....
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