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which type of stress would you find at a convergent plate boundary?
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At a convergent plate boundary, where two tectonic plates move toward each other, the type of stress experienced is compressional stress (also called compressive stress). This is because the plates are pushing against one another, leading to forces that compress the rock layers in the region, which can cause folding, faulting (like reverse faults), or the formation of mountain ranges (e.g., when continental plates converge) or subduction zones (when an oceanic and a continental plate, or two oceanic plates converge).
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Compressional stress (or compressive stress)