Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle at ________

A) subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries
B) transform fault zones along divergent plate boundaries
C) rift zones along oceanic ridges
D) sites of long-lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins


Answer: A

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