The age and distribution of the Hawaiian Islands - Emperor Seamount chain show that the absolute motion of the Pacific Plate from the past to the present was
A) first north-northwesterly, then west-northwesterly.
B) first south-southeasterly, then east-southeasterly.
C) first north-northeasterly, then west-northeasterly.
D) first south-southwesterly, then west-southwesterly.
E) first north-northwesterly, then south-southeasterly.
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