Select the Item Below That Was NOT Cited by Hess

question 14

Multiple Choice

Select the item below that was NOT cited by Hess cited in support for his concept of very young seafloors.

• A) Deep-sea trenches
• B) Truncation of seamounts on a descending conveyor belt
• C) Relatively small number of volcanic seamounts on Earth
• D) Paleomagnetic striping of the seafloor

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