Early results of the Deep Sea Drilling Project clearly justified the conclusion that ________.
A)the oceans have not always contained most of Earth's water
B)the ocean basins are geologically young (

Question

Early results of the Deep Sea Drilling Project clearly justified the conclusion that ________.
A)the oceans have not always contained most of Earth's water
B)the ocean basins are geologically young (<Cretaceous)and become younger towards the ridge
C)Proterozoic rocks are found only as seamounts in the deepest parts of the ocean basins
D)the youngest sediments were deposited directly on the oldest seafloor basalts

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The early results of the Deep Sea Drilling Project showed that ocean basins are geologically young, with those closer to the ridges being even younger. This supported the theory of plate tectonics, which proposed that new oceanic crust is continuously being formed at mid-ocean ridges, pushing the older crust away from the ridge.

Early Results of the Deep Sea Drilling Project Clearly Justified