In the region studied by Wang's team, the Nazca Plate subducts (slides) under South America, leading to the gradual uplifting of the Andes. However, their research revealed that material in this ...

South America has a great example of a convergent plate boundary. As the Nazca Plate collides with the South American Plate, it's forced underneath it creating the ever-changing Andes Mountains.

A major example of this plate movement is along the coastline of South America (at the Nazca and South American plate boundary). Fold Mountains, such as the Andes, are also found at destructive ...