Destructive/Convergent

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Scholarship geography (tectonics) Mind Map on Destructive/Convergent, created by joshuaberman12 on 04/02/2014.
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Destructive/Convergent
  1. Volcanoes & Earthquakes
    1. Must be 1 oceanic & 1 Continental
      1. Oceanic plates are subducted by continental because heavier.
        1. makes a trench
          1. Oceanic breakes under pressure
            1. Gets hotter from friction & heat from core
              1. Melts into magma and rises to form a volcano
            2. Places on the ground where the plates collide is called the epicentre
            3. Plates move into each other
              1. Mount Etna & Montserrat
                1. Land is very productive for farming
                  1. BUT land is very dangerous!
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