Deep ocean trenches are surficial evidence for ________.
A)rifting beneath a continental plate and the beginning of continental drift
B)sinking of oceanic lithosphere into the mantle at subduction zones
C)rising of hot asthenosphere from deep in the mantle
D)transform faulting between an oceanic plate and a continental plate

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Deep ocean trenches are formed at subduction zones where oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle. This is evidence for plate tectonics and the movement of Earth's plates.

Deep Ocean Trenches Are Surficial Evidence for ________