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"if new crust is indeed being produced at the rifts, where does the additional older crust go?"

"if new crust is indeed being produced at the rifts, where does the additional older crust go?"
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"if new crust is indeed being produced at the rifts, where does the additional older crust go?"

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Its lost through subduction.

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