In plate tectonic theory, the lithosphere
A) is composed of oceanic and continental crust and upper mantle.
B) rests upon the buoyant asthenosphere.
C) is destroyed as fast as it is created.
D) moves over, and with, the asthenosphere.
E) none of the above
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