In plate tectonics, when two tectonic plates move toward each other, it results in the formation of what is called a convergent plate boundary. The two plates are said to converge. One plate may be...
A subduction zone is an area of tectonic plate collision where the more dense plate subducts, or follows a path underneath, the less dense plate. A subduction zone is the place where oceanic plate...
Subduction zones exist all over the earth's surface, its crust. However the highest concentration of subduction zones is in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe shaped zone of an almost continuous...