Editing Obduction (section)

===Continental collision===
As an ocean is progressively trapped in between two colliding continental lithospheres, the rising wedges of oceanic crust and mantle rise are caught between the continental plates and detach and begin to move up the advancing continental rise. Continued convergence may lead to the overthrusting of the arc-trench gap and eventually overthrusting of the metamorphic [[Igneous intrusion|plutonic]] and volcanic rocks of the volcanic arc.

Following total subduction of an oceanic tract, continuing convergence may lead to a further sequence of intra-continental mechanisms of crustal shortening. This mechanism is thought to be responsible for the various ocean basins of the Mediterranean region. The [[Alpide belt]] is believed to register a complex history of plate interactions during the general convergence of the [[Eurasian plate|Eurasian]] and [[African plate|African]] plates.<ref name="Dewey" />