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What do the two colliding continental crusts form
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When two continental plates/cortices collide they crumple and thicken instead of one subducting under the other, producing mountain belts (fold mountains). Examples: the Himalaya (India vs. Eurasia) and the Alps (Africa vs. Eurasia). The collision causes folding, thrust faulting, crustal thickening (uplift), metamorphism and intense seismicity; a suture zone and sometimes a high plateau (e.g., Tibet) form where they meet.
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