Continental collision
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title:
Continental collision
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In geology, continental collision is a phenomenon of plate tectonics that occurs at convergent boundaries. Continental collision is a variation on the fundamental process of subduction, whereby the subduction zone is destroyed, mountains produced, and two continents sutured together. Continental collision is only known to occur on Earth. Continental collision is not an instantaneous event, but may take several tens of millions of years before the faulting and folding caused by collisions stops.
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Phenomenon in which mountains can be produced on the boundaries of converging tectonic plates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_collision
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2023-06-24T16:46:13Z
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