Geography · Plate Boundaries and Subduction
What happens when a denser oceanic plate collides with a less dense continental plate at a convergent boundary?
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- 1The denser oceanic plate is forced/subducted beneath the continental plate✓
- 2The continental plate subducts below the oceanic plate
- 3The plates bounce off each other and change direction
- 4Both plates rise upwards to form block mountains without subduction
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The denser oceanic plate is forced/subducted beneath the continental plate
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