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Bilingual glossary of geology


Convergent Plate Boundary  Limite convergente
A boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other. This type of plate boundary is said to be destructive as a portion of the lithosphere is recycled into the asthenosphere.

Themes:
  Plate tectonics theory and rock cycle

Related words:
  Divergent Plate Boundary
  Transform Fault Plate Boundary


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