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Why is the oceanic crust much younger than the continental crust? the ocean basins did not begin forming until after the breakup of Pangaea it is eroded away by ocean currents it is constantly recycled through subduction processes it is only formed after a volcanic eruption somewhere under the ocean

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It is constantly recycled through subduction processes.
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