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Figure 24: Cross section of a convergent plate boundary involving a collision between a continental plate and an oceanic plate in the vicinity of (top) an island arc and (bottom) a mountain arc. Figure 10: Features of a typical island arc.
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Add new Web site: The University of Texas at Dallas - Island Arcs and Trenche. Oct 18, 2016
Article revised and updated. Apr 24, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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