What causes the subduction zone when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate

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Balasubramani M · Answer 1 · 2018-12-20T11:19:11+0000

Oceanic crust tends to be denser and thinner than continental crust, so the denseroceanic crust gets bent and pulled under, or subducted, beneath the lighter and thicker continental crust.

What causes the subduction zone when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate

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