Collision zone

Collision zone: A collision zone occurs when tectonic plates meeting at a convergent boundary both bear continental lithosphere. As continental lithosphere is usually not subducted due to its relative low density, the result is a complex area of orogeny involving folding and thrust faulting as the blocks of continental crust pile up above the subduction zone.

Examples

Notable examples include:

Philippine Mobile Belt

Molucca Sea Collision Zone

Izu Collision Zone^{[citation needed]}

Ishikari Collision Zone^{[citation needed]}

Mount Fuji Collision Zone^{[citation needed]}

Carlin Unconformity

Daisetsuzan Collision Zone^{[citation needed]}

Luzon-Taiwan Collision Zone^{[citation needed]}

Indus-Yarlung suture zone

Eastern Anatolian collision zone^[1]

Banda Arc–Australian collision zone^[2]

See also

List of tectonic plate interactions‎

References

^ R Gök, R., et. al. Lithospheric structure of the continent–continent collision zone: eastern Turkey, Geophysical Journal International, 2007, Volume 169, Issue 3, Pages 789–1378

^ Karig, Daniel E., et. al., Nature and distribution of deformation across the Banda Arc–Australian collision zone at Timor, GSA Bulletin; January 1987; v. 98; no. 1; p. 18-32

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