{{Short description|Where tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary}} 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<ref>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</ref> and Banda Arc–Australian collision zone.<ref>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</ref>

==See also== *List of tectonic plate interactions

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