Environmental Sciences, asked by fouzan4463, 1 year ago

How do continents grow by accretion?

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Accretion involves the addition of material to a tectonic plate. When two tectonic plates collide, one of the plates may slide under the other, a process known as subduction. The plate which is being subducted, is floating on the asthenosphere and is pushed against the other, over-riding plate.

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