destructive plate boundaries

Destructive Plate Boundary Image Credit: BBC



Destructive Plate Boundaries – (aka Convergent or Compressional)



Constructive plate boundaries cause mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes and



Science - Which plate boundary



called Benioff zone, are common to convergent plate boundaries where one



Convergent plate boundaries. A= Continental collision. B=Ocean-to-ocean



This type of plate boundary is called a destructive plate boundary.



CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES



2.4 Destructive plate boundaries, continued: ocean-ocean (island-arc)



Types of plate boundaries



This type of plate boundary is called a destructive plate boundary.



2.5 Conservative plate boundaries and transform faults - Plate Tectonics



DESTRUCTIVE PLATE MARGIN



transform fault W, X, Y and Z off-setting a constructive plate boundary.



Plate Tectonics



Remember, volcanoes may occur at both constructive and destructive plate



Plate Tectonics - Plate Tectonics



Example: Indian and Eurasian Plate - formed the HIMALAYAS



at a destructive plate boundary where one plate plunges below another.



destructive plate boundaries come together and fight over each other.