The continental crust extends ________.
A) only to where their shorelines occur; beyond that is oceanic crust
B) beneath the continental shelf through to the toe of the continental slope
C) beneath about half of the ocean basins wherever it is shallow
D) deep into the mantle wherever there are subduction zones
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