Destructive Margin (large print)

By: Rnib

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Synopsis: This diagram is a cross section of a destructive margin showing the Earth's mantle, two tectonic plates and the ocean. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. Each object is labelled and the diagram is framed by a dashed line image border. The Earth's mantle stretches across the bottom of the page. Above this, on each side of the page, there are tectonic plates that are moving towards one another, with their directions of movement indicated by arrows. The plate at the left tips down the page as it meets the plate to the right. Up from this plate, the ocean is shown. To the right is the gap of an ocean trench between the plates, and to the right again is the other plate with a volcano spewing magma into the air. To the right of this is a fold mountain. The area in the mantle down the page from the volcano is the subduction zone. This is where the plate on the right is pushed down into the mantle and becomes molten.

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