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Is the Oceanic-Continental boundary and Continental-Oceanic boundary the same?
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Is the Oceanic-Continental boundary and Continental-Oceanic boundary the same?

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No, Oceanic plates are much thinner than the continental plates. When an oceanic plate meets a continental plate at a convergent boundary the oceanic plate is forced under the continental plate and destroyed.
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