The following statements relate to processes that occur because of plate subduction. Which of the following statements is not true?

A) Earthquake foci are deeper further from a deep-sea trench.
B) Mountains form further from a convergent boundary than from a divergent boundary.
C) Volcanoes of this kind tend to have a single type of magma.
D) Deep-sea trenches mark the plate boundary.


Answer: C

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