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What is the major type of stress that occurs at convergent plate boundaries?
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The major type of stress at the convergent boundary is compressive stress. At the convergent plate boundary, the two plates are converging and increasing the pressure of the material at the boundary. Therefore, we can simply conclude that from the increased pressure, the main type of stress would be compressive stress.
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