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what happens to convergent plates when oceanic crust collides with continental crust? the oceanic crust subducts under the continental crust subducts under
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Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust. In a convergent - plate boundary where oceanic and continental crust meet, the denser oceanic crust subducts (descends) beneath the less - dense continental crust.
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