The release of water and carbon dioxide from a subducting oceanic plate causes
A) sea levels to rise.
B) pooling of liquid water and carbon dioxide in chambers below the Earth's surface.
C) an increase in rock density in the overriding lithospheric plate.
D) an increase in the temperature of the magma.
E) the rocks in the overriding lithospheric plate to melt.
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