Put the four regions of a subduction zone in order from the convergent boundary landward toward the continental interior

A) Volcanic arc, deep-ocean trench, forearc region, back-arc region
B) Back-arc region, volcanic arc, forearc, deep-ocean trench
C) Deep-ocean trench, forearc region, volcanic arc, back-arc region
D) Forearc, back-arc, deep-ocean trench, volcanic arc


Answer: C

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