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The Andes of South America Formed as a Result of the Nazca

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The Andes of South America formed as a result of the Nazca plate subducting beneath the South American plate.This is an example of ___collision.


A) oceanic plate-continental plate
B) oceanic plate-oceanic plate
C) continental-plate-continental plate
D) continental shield-craton
E) terrane-craton

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