A search of the Earth for Archean meteorite impact sites would probably yield a very incomplete record,for all of the following reasons,EXCEPT ________.
A) sea floor is younger than Archean and therefore won't show any Archean impacts
B) deformation at plate boundaries tends to destroy or obscure the "rock record" of prior events
C) erosion of mountains and highlands tends to erase portions of the "rock record"
D) isotopic and other evidence indicates that no significant meteorite impacts occurred during the Archean

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The given reasons for an incomplete record of Archean meteorite impact sites cover geological and geographical factors that could have erased, distorted or obscured the evidence of these impacts. However, none of these factors invalidate the existence of Archean meteorite impacts, which is the reason for searching for their impact sites. Option D directly contradicts the premise of the search and is thus the exception.

A Search of the Earth for Archean Meteorite Impact Sites