What happened to the mountains formed during the Taconic orogeny?
A) They were buried under volcanic ash.
B) They were subducted when the Iapetus ocean opened.
C) They were subducted during the closure of the Iapetus ocean.
D) They were eroded into the Queenston Delta.
E) They were isostatically uplifted.
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