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Mountains and Plunging Plates: Subduction Zones

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The Formation of Mountains

Abstract

In subduction zones, oceanic crust plunges into the Earth’s mantle, with a chain of explosive volcanoes rising above. Such convergent plate boundaries exist both within oceans, forming an island arc, as well as on active continental margins, creating mountains like the Andes. In the Andes, long gaps within the “ring of fire” illustrate that some segments of active continental margins have a completely different dynamic. The Rocky Mountains in the USA show that mountains can even be formed far away from plate boundaries. Several examples introduce the effects of a collision of an island arc with a continental margin. As we will see later, this chapter provides an important basis for understanding most mountain ranges.

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Neukirchen, F. (2022). Mountains and Plunging Plates: Subduction Zones. In: The Formation of Mountains. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11385-7_4

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