Present-day tectonics in the Pacific Ocean began with ____.
A) the Antler orogeny
B) subduction of the North American plate beneath the Farallon plate
C) the Sonoma orogeny
D) subduction of the Farallon plate beneath North American plate
E) the separation of North America from Baltica
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