The oldest rocks are about ______and found in _________.
A) 1.6 b.y.; compressional mountain belts on continental margins
B) 3 b.y.; continental shield areas, deep within continents
C) < 5000 years; Ireland and Israel
D) 1.7- 1.9 b.y.; island arcs within the western Pacific
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