Collision zone

A collision zone occurs when tectonic plates meeting at a convergent boundary both bearing continental lithosphere. As continental lithosphere is usually not subducted due to its relative low density, the result is a complex area of orogeny involving folding and thrust faulting as the blocks of continental crust pile up above the subduction zone.

Examples

Notable examples include:

• Philippine Mobile Belt
• Molucca Sea Collision Zone
• Izu Collision Zone
• Ishikari Collision Zone
• Mount Fuji Collision Zone
• Carlin Unconformity
• Daisetsuzan Collision Zone
• Luzon-Taiwan Collision Zone
• Indus-Yarlung suture zone
• Eastern Anatolian collision zone^[1]
• Banda Arc–Australian collision zone^[2]

See also

• List of tectonic plate interactions

References

1. R Gök, R., et al. Lithospheric structure of the continent–continent collision zone: eastern Turkey, Geophysical Journal International, 2007, Volume 169, Issue 3, Pages 789–1378
2. Karig, Daniel E., et al., Nature and distribution of deformation across the Banda Arc–Australian collision zone at Timor, GSA Bulletin; January 1987; v. 98; no. 1; pp. 18–32