collision zone

{{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 zoneR 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 and Banda Arc–Australian collision zone.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