Moving from an oceanic ridge to an oceanic trench, the thickness of the lithosphere:

a) increases in proportion to the distance.
b) randomly varies.
c) remains the same.
d) is unrelated to the distance from the ridge.
e) decreases in proportion to the distance.


a) increases in proportion to the distance.

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