Guyots are flat primarily because:
A) they are volcanic and have been covered by horizontal basalt flows.
B) they are covered by horizontal layers of sediment.
C) they have been planed off by weathering, stream erosion, and ocean waves.
D) they are the tops of submarine horsts, fault blocks that have been raised from the sea floor.
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