A collision zone occurs when tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary both bearing continental lithosphere. As continental lithosphere is usually not subducted due to its relatively 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. This includes the Eastern Anatolian collision zone[1] and Banda Arc–Australian collision zone.[2]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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