Multiple Choice
Subduction occurs as a result of
A) slab pull-gravity pulls older and denser lithosphere downward.
B) horizontal plate accommodation.
C) upwelling of hot mantle material along the trench.
D) lubrication from the generation of andesitic magma.
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