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There are two kinds of crust. Oceanic is more dense than continental. As a result, what would happen when they collide? The oceanic crust would sink below the continental crust. The continental crust would sink below the oceanic crust. The oceanic crust would ride above the continental crust. The continental crust would become thinner than the oceanic crust.

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User Pranami
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The oceanic crust would sink below the continental crust.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Oceanic Crust is thicker than continental crust. The Oceanic crust is made with volcanic rocks. As both having differences in the density when active continental crust meets oceanic crust in subduction zones, the oceanic crust is typically pushed back into the mantle.

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