Which of the Following Best Describes Seamounts and Islands of the Deep

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes seamounts and islands of the deep ocean basins?

• A) andesitic pyroclastic rocks submerged when the mountains sank below sea level
• B) domed gabbro intrusions and massive, submarine, rhyolitic, pyroclastic cones
• C) piles of basaltic lava flows built up from the ocean floor by multiple summit and flank eruptions
• D) huge granite batholiths intruded beneath the ocean floor