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Figure 25: Cross section of a convergent plate boundary involving a collision between two continental plates near a Himalaya-type mountain chain.

Figure 24: Cross section of a convergent plate boundary involving a collision between a continental plate and an oceanic plate in the vicinity of (top) an island arc and (bottom) a mountain arc.

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Figure 25: Cross section of a convergent plate boundary involving a collision between two continental plates near a Himalaya-type mountain chain.

Figure 25: Cross section of a convergent plate boundary involving a collision between...

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Figure 3: Collision of a continental plate with an oceanic plate.

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Figure 24: Cross section of a convergent plate boundary involving a collision between a continental plate and an oceanic plate in the vicinity of (top) an island arc and (bottom) a mountain arc.

Figure 24: Cross section of a convergent plate boundary involving a collision between...

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