Multiple Choice
When an oceanic plate and continental plate converge
A) the continental plate is subducted beneath the oceanic plate.
B) the two plates buckle and uplift the crustal material.
C) the oceanic plate is subducted beneath the continental plate.
D) new crustal material is created at the boundary.
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