Deep earthquakes and volcanic arcs are most closely associated with which type of plate boundary? Group of answer choices - Continental collision plate boundary -Continental transform plate boundaries -Oceanic transform plate boundary -Oceanic convergence plate boundary -Oceanic divergence plate boundary -Continental rift plate boundary
Deep earthquakes and volcanic arcs are most closely associated with which type of plate boundary?
Continental collision is a plate tectonics process that happens along convergent boundaries in geology. Continental collision is a variation on subduction, in which the subduction zone is damaged, mountains are formed, and two continents are sutured together. Only on Earth has a continental collision been observed.
Continental collision is not an instantaneous event; the faulting and folding induced by collisions may take several tens of millions of years to stop. The clash between India and Asia has been going on for over 50 million years and shows no signs of slowing down. From the beginning (610 Ma) to the end (100 Ma), East and West Gondwana collided to form the East African Orogen (510 Ma).
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