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The slab pull mechanism of plate tectonics assumes that a slab of lithosphere attached to a plate pulls the plate toward a subduction zone. True False
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The slab pull mechanism of plate tectonics assumes that a slab of lithosphere attached to a plate pulls the plate toward a subduction zone.
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True, because subduction zones are caused by slab pull mechanisms.
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