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Yuri [45]
3 years ago
13

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

Chemistry
1 answer:
Ad libitum [116K]3 years ago
7 0
Oceanic<span> crust tends to be denser and thinner than </span>continental<span> crust, so the denser</span>oceanic<span> crust gets bent and pulled under, or </span>subducted<span>, beneath the lighter and thicker </span>continental<span> crust. </span>
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