Deep Sea Trenches Are Important Features for Plate Tectonic Studies

question 24

Multiple Choice

Deep sea trenches are important features for plate tectonic studies because______ .

• A) they are sites where the oceanic lithosphere is consumed into the mantle
• B) they are sites where oceanic lithosphere is formed
• C) they are sites where two plate move past each other horizontally
• D) none of the above

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