when two continental plates collide, distinct topographic features are produced, namely mountain ranges, which are surficial manifests of Earth's thickened crust. Three such collision zones form ...

northern Nova Scotia is part of a micro-continent (Avaland) that was sandwiched during continental collision between North America and a part of Gondwana southern Nova Scotia (the Meguma Zone) evolved ...

They are formed due to the pressure of the two plates colliding, which forces the continental crust to crumple and push upwards along the western coastline of South America. Collision zones close ...