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Oceanic-Continental Convergence

Description
Convergent plate boundaries (destructive margins)
Plates collide, an ocean trench forms and lithosphere is subducted into the mantle
Oceanic-continental convergence
Denser oceanic slab sinks into the asthenosphere
Pockets of magma develop and rise
Continental volcanic arc forms
Examples include the Andes, Cascades, and the Sierra-Nevadan system
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