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Convergent plate boundary along the eastern margin of the Lesser Antilles island arc
The Lesser Antilles subduction zone is a
convergent plate boundary on the seafloor along the eastern margin of the
Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc. In this
subduction zone,
oceanic crust of the
South American Plate is being subducted under the
Caribbean Plate.
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