A. Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Plate Boundary 3. 1. What type of crusts are colliding in this figure? . 2. What happens to the crust as plates collide? 3. What happens to the leading plate as it thrust beneath another plate?, 4. What geologic feature is formed at the top of the overriding plate? 5. What is formed parallel to this landform? 6. What is a subduction zone? ,

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