New Oceanic Crust and Lithosphere Are Formed At_________

question 64

Multiple Choice

New oceanic crust and lithosphere are formed at_________ .

• A) divergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of basaltic magma
• B) convergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of rhyolitic magma
• C) divergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of rhyolitic magma
• D) convergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of basaltic magma

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