What does an oceanic-oceanic convergence give rise to?

volcanic island arcs

continental volcanic mountains

valleys and ridges

folded mountains

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Shane Short

Biology

2 May, 05:14

What does an oceanic-oceanic convergence give rise to?

volcanic island arcs

continental volcanic mountains

valleys and ridges

folded mountains

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Adan Rowe · Answer 1

Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust, dense enough to sink into the mantle. Continental crust is not dense enough to do this. So

An oceanic-continental convergence gives rise to folded mountains.

What does an oceanic-oceanic convergence give rise to?volcanic island arcscontinental volcanic mountainsvalleys and ridgesfolded mountains

What does an oceanic-oceanic convergence give rise to?

volcanic island arcs

continental volcanic mountains

valleys and ridges

folded mountains