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Allison:

Help me explain oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundaries.

Pixel:

Convergent Plate Boundaries When two plates converge, what happens depends on the types of lithosphere that meet. We explored what happens when oceanic crust meets continental crust. Another type of convergent plate boundary is found where two oceanic plates meet. In this case the older, denser slab of oceanic crust will plunge beneath the less dense one. Ocean-Ocean The features of a subduction zone where an oceanic plate subducts beneath another oceanic plate are the same as a continent-ocean subduction zone. An ocean trench marks the location where the plate is pushed down into the mantle. In this case, the line of volcanoes that grows on the upper oceanic plate is an island arc. ~ https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/ocean-ocean-convergent-plate-boundaries/lesson/Ocean-Ocean-Convergent-Plate-Boundaries-HS-ES/

Pixel:

Summary If the two plates that meet at a convergent plate boundary both are of oceanic crust, the older, denser plate will subduct beneath the less dense plate. The features of an ocean-ocean subduction zone are the same as those of an ocean-continent subduction zone, except that the volcanic arc will be a set of islands known as an island arc. The older plate subducts into a trench, resulting in earthquakes. Melting of mantle material creates volcanoes at the subduction zone.

Allison:

Okay now how do I put it in my own words? :']

Pixel:

(:

Pixel:

When two plates "Smash ;)" And they are of the oceanic crust the denser one Becomes submissive while the other one dominates

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