Convergent: oceanic-oceanic (Caribbean Islands)

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A	South American Plate

B	Benioff zone

C	Oceanic lithosphere

D	Puerto Rico trench

E	Caribbean Plate

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Direction of plate movement

F	Asthenosphere

G	Partial melting of mantle to form andesitic magma

H	Volcanic island arc

I	Colder, denser and older oceanic lithosphere subducts back into the asthenosphere (slab drag)

J	Accretionary wedge - sediments thrust onto the island arc as subduction continues

K	Abyssal plain

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