Seafloor Sediment and Oceanic Crust Pieces Are Scraped Off a Subducting

question 6

Multiple Choice

Seafloor sediment and oceanic crust pieces are scraped off a subducting plate and accumulate in the ____ complex.

• A) forearc
• B) subduction
• C) island arc
• D) orogeny

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