About Plate Destruction

Destruction of Ocean Plates

As the ocean plate sinks below the continental plate some of the sediment on its surface is scraped off and piled up on the landward side. This sediment is later incorporated in a folded mountain range whicch usually appears on the edge on the continent, such as the Andes. Similarly if two continents collide the sediments are squeezed up into new mountains.

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