In Which Stage of the Rifting Process Are Plate Edges

question 37

Multiple Choice

In which stage of the rifting process are plate edges considered to be passive continental margins?

• A) After rifting has been completed.
• B) As basalts begin to fill the rift to form new ocean crust.
• C) In the initial stages of continental rifting.
• D) When seawater from an adjacent ocean inundates a young rift.

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