Folded, fine grained turbidites that occur high in the Himalayas were originally deposited as sediments ________.
A)in the accretionary wedge along the southern edge of Asia
B)along the shallow shoreline and continental shelf north of India
C)on the deep ocean abyssal plain south of India
D)in a massive, Late Paleozoic syncline north of the Tibetan Plateau

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Folded, fine-grained turbidites that occur high in the Himalayas were originally deposited as sediments in the accretionary wedge along the southern edge of Asia. This is because the Himalayas were formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, which caused the sediments that were deposited in the accretionary wedge to be uplifted and folded.

Folded, Fine Grained Turbidites That Occur High in the Himalayas