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Ocean crust is denser
ocean crust is denser
Because of its higher density, and gravity. One part of plate tectonic theory.
The ocean crust dives below the continental crust due to a collision. This collision involves the two types of crust and since the oceanic crust is denser, it sinks to the bottom while the less dense continental crust rises to the top.
Yes, it "dives" under the continental crust and back into the mantle.
Subduction zones.
1. One of the plates dives under the other so you have two thickness's of crust material on top of each other.
it dives into a continental slope
it dives into a continental slope
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The oceanic plate must be more dense than the continental plate for this to happen.
Subduction :D I'm barley 14