What Would You Study in Order to Determine the Timescale

question 75

Multiple Choice

What would you study in order to determine the timescale on which Earth's magnetic field reverses direction?

• A) a spreading center on the sea floor
• B) a volcano in the middle of a continental plate
• C) a fault at the border between two plates
• D) a subduction zone on the sea floor
• E) the rate of motion of tectonic plates

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