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Dahasolnce [82]
3 years ago
6

If an ocean plate and a land mass plate converge (meet), which one will sink? Why?

Geography
2 answers:
soldi70 [24.7K]3 years ago
8 0
Ocean plate because it is more dense
AleksAgata [21]3 years ago
4 0
The oceanic plate because it is denser
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