Map of Tectonic Plates of the Mediterranean & Alps Poster

Continental collision is a phenomenon of the plate tectonics of Earth that occurs at convergent boundaries. Continental collision is a variation on the fundamental process of subduction, whereby the subduction zone is destroyed, mountains produced, and two continents sutured together. Continental collision is known only from this planet and is an interesting example of how our different crusts, oceanic and continental, behave during subduction. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tectonic_map_Mediterranean_EN.svg tectonic "tectonic plates" "Alpide belt" map "tectonic map" "tectonic chart" "tectonic diagram" mediterranean alps geology "continental collision" "geological map" "mediterranean map" vergence intrusion "Periadriatic seam"