A subduction zone occurs when an oceanic plate collides and go beneath a continental plate. Why does the oceanic plate sub-duct and go below the continental plate?

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A subduction zone occurs when an oceanic plate collides and go beneath a continental plate. Why does the oceanic plate sub-duct and go below the continental plate?

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It goes below the continental plate because the oceanic plate in a lot More dense

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