Studies of remanent magnetism in rocks spreading from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge reveal symmetric bands of magnetic anomalies. These anomalies provide
A) support for the idea of continental drift.
B) evidence of Earth's magnetic pole reversals.
C) both (A) and (B) .
D) neither (A) nor (B) .
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