Subduction is not always accompanied by compression and thrust faulting in the overriding plate. This is especially true when
A. the overriding plate is moving toward the subducted slab relative to the asthenosphere.
B. an accretionary prism has developed at the convergent plate boundary.
C. no magma is created by the subduction process.
D. the overriding plate is either not moving toward the subducted slab relative to the asthenosphere, or it is moving away.
Answer: D
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