Pic of the day #4 (converging boundary)

Convergence – Collision tectonics in the picture.
Various components of convergence. You can start discussion on any aspect of collisional tectonics.

Pic courtesy: Earth Structure – An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics [Second Edition][W. W. Norton & Company][Ben A. van der Pluijm & Stephen Marshak][2004]

2 Comments

  1. In this figure there is shown the rising magma. So, that magma generates through asthenospheric plume or deep convection current driving it.?

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