What is happening in the mantle beneath a subduction zone?

a. Hot mantle rock is rising, pulling down a cold ocean slab.
b. Cool mantle rock is rising, pulling down a warmer ocean slab.
c. The mantle is molten and the subducting slab sinks into it.
d. Relatively cool mantle rock is sinking, pulling down on a cold ocean slab.
e. Hot mantle rock is sinking, pulling down on a warm ocean slab.


d

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