Multiple Choice
Oceanic lithosphere thickens away from the mid-ocean ridge primarily due to
A) the addition of new crust due to hot-spot volcanism.
B) the addition of new crust due to sedimentation.
C) the addition of new lithospheric mantle as a result of cooling.
D) reasons that geologists cannot determine at present.
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