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Cooler, older oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle at:____.

a. Subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries.
b. Transform fault zones along laterally-moving plate boundaries.
c. Rift zones along mid-ocean ridges.
d. Sites of long-lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins.

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Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

It is A because convergent boundaries cause old crust to sink/subduct into the mantle and causes the old crust to get melted by the heat

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