Where Would You Drill to Recover Samples of the Oldest

question 39

Multiple Choice

Where would you drill to recover samples of the oldest basalts of the oceanic crust, which are Jurassic in age?

• A) crest of the East Pacific, mid-ocean ridge
• B) oceanic side of the Aleutian trench
• C) just offshore from the Hawaiian Islands
• D) Mid-Atlantic Ridge under Iceland

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