convergent boundary
Americannoun
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Maybe the most significant tectonic feature that occurred in the Cenozoic of North America was the conversion of the west coast of California from a convergent boundary subduction zone to a transform boundary.
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The background seismicity at this convergent boundary, and on other similar ones, is predominantly near the upper side of the subducting plate.
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At an ocean-continent convergent boundary, the oceanic plate is pushed under the continental plate in the same manner as at an ocean-ocean boundary.
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This area is not at a divergent or convergent boundary, and there is no evidence of an underlying mantle plume.
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One interpretation is that the TMZ formed along a convergent boundary, although this is not universally accepted.
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