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 the Earth. Deep below the Earth ...

Also known as subduction boundary, a convergent boundary occurs where one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together. If there is land at the edge of one of these plates ...

One of the nearest faults to where I live is a subduction zone, dip-slip and falls under the title of convergent boundary. As I said, it can be confusing. Basically, what that means is one piece ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

This is a convergent boundary. Scientists have wondered for many decades whether the plates are being passively moved around by the mantle, or are the active drivers of movement themselves ...

Seismologists blame Chile’s serpentine, 4,000-mile Pacific border, which runs directly astride the convergent boundary of the Nazca and South American plates. How did Chile get to be so long and ...

The Juan de Fuca plate is being forced under the North American plate at a convergent boundary. Friction keeps the plates from moving, but when the force of the plates grows too strong ...