Convergent

Boundary

 Convergent
boundaries push
together.

THERE ARE 3 TYPES

OF CONVERGENT
BOUNDARIES…
TYPE 1
OCEANIC-CONTINENTAL
CONVERGENCE
TYPE 1
Oceanic plate colliding with a
less dense continental plate

SUBDUCTION
ZONE
SUBDUCTION ZONE
oceanic crust SINKS beneath
a deep-ocean trench and
back into the mantle
SUBDUCTION ZONE
SUBDUCTION
ZONE
TYPE 2

OCEANIC-OCEANIC CONVERGENCE
TYPE 2
Ocean plate colliding with
another ocean plate

TYPE 2
The less-dense plate slides under
the more dense plate creating a
subduction zone called a
TRENCH

TYPE 2
WHEN TWO OCEANIC PLATES MEET, THE
OLDER PLATE SUBDUCTS.
TYPE 3
CONTINETAL-CONTINENTAL
CONVERGENCE
TYPE 3
Have Collision Zones:
A place where folded and thrust
faulted mountains form.

TYPE 3
 Summary
WHEN TWO PLATES
COME TOWARDS EACH
OTHER THEY CREATE A
CONVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARY.
 Summary
THE PLATES CAN MEET
WHERE BOTH HAVE
OCEANIC CRUST OR BOTH
HAVE CONTINENTAL
CRUST, OR THEY CAN
MEET WHERE ONE HAS
OCEANIC AND ONE HAS
CONTINENTAL.
 Summary
DENSE OCEANIC CRUST
WILL SUBDUCT
BENEATH CONTINENTAL
CRUST OR A LESS
DENSE SLAB OF
OCEANIC CRUST.
 Summary
THE OCEANIC PLATE
SUBDUCTS INTO A
TRENCH, RESULTING IN
EARTHQUAKES. MELTING
OF MANTLE MATERIAL
CREATES VOLCANOES AT
THE SUBDUCTION ZONE.
 Summary
IF THE MAGMA IS TOO
VISCOUS TO RISE TO THE
SURFACE IT WILL
BECOME STUCK IN THE
CRUST TO CREATE
INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS
ROCKS.
 Summary
CONTINENTAL CRUST IS TOO
BUOYANT TO SUBDUCT. IF THE TWO
PLATES THAT MEET AT A
CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
BOTH CONSIST OF CONTINENTAL
CRUST, THEY WILL SMASH TOGETHER
AND PUSH UPWARDS TO CREATE
MOUNTAINS.

 Summary
LARGE SLABS OF
LITHOSPHERE SMASHING
TOGETHER CREATE LARGE
EARTHQUAKES.

 Summary
THE ACTIVITY AT CONTINENT-
CONTINENT CONVERGENCES
DOES NOT TAKE PLACE IN THE
MANTLE, SO THERE IS NO
MELTING AND THEREFORE NO
VOLCANISM.