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12-10-2018
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When two plates with continental crust converge, why are neither of them subducted

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12-10-2018

Neither plate subducts because the crust have approximately the same density. Instead, the rocks are smashed together causing them to recrystallize due to the intense heat and pressure from the colliding plates.

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