Destructive Plate Boundaries

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Mind Map on Destructive Plate Boundaries, created by Tbridge on 26/11/2014.
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Mind Map by Tbridge, updated more than 1 year ago
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Destructive Plate Boundaries
  1. 1. Convection currents move plates together
    1. 2. Oceanic plate is denser and is subducted under the continental plate
      1. 3. As iti is forced down the oceanic plate melts due to force and great pressure
        1. 4. Magma is forced under pressure to the surface forming volcanoes along the continental plate
          1. Mount St Helens - North American Plate and Juan De Fuca Plate
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