Plate Movements - Convergent | NASA Online

At a convergent plate boundary, lithospheric plates move toward each other. The west margin of the South American continent, where the oceanic Nazca Plate is pushed toward and beneath the continental portion of the South American Plate, is an example of a convergent plate boundary.

Standards

• 6-ESS2-3. Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
  • 6-ESS2-3.ESS2.B Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions