Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle at_________ .
A) transform fault zones along divergent plate boundaries
B) rift zones along mid- ocean ridges
C) sites of long- lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins
D) subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries
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