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Darina [25.2K]
4 years ago
10

Harry Hess proposed that when two oceanic plates met each other, the denser plate would sink under the less dense plate. This is

known as _____
Geography
1 answer:
Irina-Kira [14]4 years ago
8 0
 the answer to your question is called a  destructive plate boundary. this is when the more denser plate goes underneath the lesser dense plate. 
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