What happens when oceanic crust collides with continental crust? Both plates subduct (sink).

Geography

Question
What happens when oceanic crust collides
with continental crust?
Both plates subduct (sink).
Answer

Subduction.

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When oceanic crust collides with continental crust, the denser oceanic crust will subduct (sink) beneath the lighter continental crust. This...
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