The oldest seafloor is a no more than 280 million years in old because

A) the ocean floor subducts during plate collisions.
B) the ocean floor is pushed up onto continental material during plate collisions.
C) hot spots continuously destroy the ocean floor.
D) Earth is only 280 million years old.


A

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