As new seafloor is created in a Rift Valley, old sea floor is melted back into magma.which process accounts for this melting

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As new seafloor is created in a Rift Valley, old sea floor is melted back into magma.which process accounts for this melting

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Subduction is the answer.

Inforeqd answered Aug 27, 2019

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