3 types of convergent boundaries

What will be an ideal response?


1. Ocean-ocean convergence
> Subduction, earthquakes, volcanism
2. Ocean-continent convergence
> Subduction, earthquakes, volcanism
3. Continent-continent convergence
> Earthquakes

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