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The Collision of Two Continents
File Name m00016.img.325.continent.collision.jpg
Data Type model cartoon
Computer Program Adobe Illustrator CS2
File Size 421.00 KB - 2 files [ jpg,pdf ]
Expert Level High School (Grade 9-12)
Contributor ERESE Database Team
Source Enduring Resources for Earth Science Education (ERESE)
Resource Matrix Convergent Plate Boundaries
Description
These illustrations depict in four stages how two continents originally separated by an ocean might eventually collide. The oceanic crust is subducted under one of the continental crusts, the continents become closer to one another, and finally the two continents collide.
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