What kind of stress is caused by 2 plates pushed into one another
Chemistry · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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When two tectonic plates are pushed into one another, the type of stress that occurs is called compressional stress.
This is a type of tectonic stress that results from the plates colliding or converging.
The compression causes the crust to deform, leading to the formation of features like mountain ranges, deep-sea trenches, and other geological structures associated with convergent plate boundaries. The collision of tectonic plates is a fundamental process in the Earth's lithosphere, shaping the planet's surface over geological time scales.