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what is a geological example of an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary? hawaiian islands andes mountains mariana trench
Brief Explanations
- The Hawaiian Islands are formed by hotspot activity, not an oceanic - oceanic convergent boundary.
- The Andes Mountains are formed by an oceanic - continental convergent boundary (the Nazca Plate subducting beneath the South American Plate).
- The Mariana Trench is formed at an oceanic - oceanic convergent boundary (the Pacific Plate subducting beneath the Philippine Sea Plate).
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