Where Two Lithospheric Plates of Different Densities Converge, the Denser

question 49

Multiple Choice

Where two lithospheric plates of different densities converge, the denser one sinks into the mantle beneath the other in a process called __________.

• A) submission
• B) subduction
• C) rifting
• D) spreading

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