The Mechanisms for All of the Following Plate Motions Are

question 8

Multiple Choice

The mechanisms for all of the following plate motions are somewhat understood EXCEPT:

• A) motions of the continental lithosphere.
• B) Pacific- style plate subduction.
• C) lateral motion of oceanic plates.
• D) Atlantic- style mid- ocean plate divergence.

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