Carbon and water are returned to the interior of Earth (i.e., the mantle) at which component of the plate tectonic system?

a.Oceanic convergent plate boundary or subduction zone
b.Mid-ocean ridge or divergent plate boundary
c.Transform plate boundary


a.Oceanic convergent plate boundary or subduction zone

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