Subduction is the process of one lithospheric plate descending beneath another. Why does the oceanic portion of the lithosphere undergo subduction while the continental portion does not?
What will be an ideal response?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust, so buoyancy inhibits the subduction of continental crust.
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