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12.4 What is the evidence that subduction occurs at convergent plate boundaries?

Cross section of an oceanic continental boundary

Types of convergent plate boundaries

Fig 12.26

Much of the western boundary of South America is this type of boundary. Denser oceanic lithosphere flexes under the less dense, much older, continental rock. (While continents are around 1 billion years old, ocean basins are =180 million.)