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three basic classes of collisions include all but which of the following?
oceanic plate versus oceanic plate
continental plate versus mantle plate
continental plate versus continental plate
oceanic plate versus continent - bearing plate
The three basic classes of plate collisions are oceanic - oceanic, continental - continental, and oceanic - continent - bearing (continental) plates. There is no such thing as a “continental plate versus mantle plate” collision as the mantle is not a type of tectonic plate.
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B. Continental plate versus mantle plate