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| Title: | The ongoing collision of India and Asia, starting about 45 million years ago, produced the majestic Himalayas. |
| Caption: | A. Converging plates generated a subduction zone, while partial melting triggered by the subducting oceanic slab produced a continental volcanic arc. Sediments scraped from the subducting plate were added to the accretionary wedge. |
| Keywords: | plate tectonics, tectonic plates, convergent plate boundaries, boundary, convergence, subduction, trenches, volcanoes, volcanism, volcanic arcs, sutures, accretionary wedges |