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other pieces of Earth's crust. The boundary where the two plates meet is called a convergent boundary. Deep trenches appear at these boundaries, caused by the oceanic plate bending downward into ...

Plate tectonics is the widely accepted theory that the Earth's crust is divided into several ... is pushed downwards where it melts. This is a convergent boundary. Scientists have wondered for ...

By deciphering the structure and composition of convergent plate margins as well as their dynamics, the formation and evolution of continental crust since the Archean can be divided into ancient ...