The main way new oceanic crust is created is by

A) eruption of lavas and solidification of magmas at depth.
B) sediment scraped off a subducting slab.
C) continents that subside below sea level.
D) continental rifting, before the continents separate.
E) magmas along an ocean-continent convergent boundary.


A) eruption of lavas and solidification of magmas at depth.

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