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>The Himalayas are a continental to continental. The Himalayas are still rising by more than 1 cm per year as India continues to move northwards into Asia, which explains the occurrence of shallow focus earthquakes in the region today. However the forces of weathering and erosion are lowering the Himalayas at about the same rate.

>The Caribbean Islands are Oceanic to Oceanic. The South American Plate is moving westwards due to sea floor spreading at the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Where it meets the Caribbean Plate, it descends (subducts) beneath it. This is because the oceanic lithosphere of the South American Plate is cooler and denser than that of the Caribbean Plate.

>Mount St. Helens is oceanic to continental. The Pacific Plate, the North American Plate and the much smaller Juan de Fuca plate all converge at the Cascade Range in an area known as a triple plate junction.this caused the Mount St. Helens 1980 eruption, which resulted in 123 deaths.