The lithospheric plates in modern plate tectonic theory differ significantly from Wegener's continental drift hypothesis in that _________
A) they are significantly thinner
B) we now know that the plate motions are driven by massive magnetic reversals
C) several of the largest plates include both continental and oceanic crust
D) it is the oceans that do all of the moving, not the continents
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Q2: Most transform faults are located _.
A) in
Q3: This plate boundary has the least amount
Q4: Where lithosphere is sinking into the mantle,
Q5: In the early part of the 20th
Q6: Early results of the Deep Sea Drilling
Q7: What kind of geologic studies were the
Q8: Plates are sliding past one another horizontally
Q9: Early results of the Deep Sea Drilling
Q10: Which of the following most accurately describes
Q11: If the North Atlantic began to rift
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