How Did the Gulf of Mexico Form

question 78

Multiple Choice

How did the Gulf of Mexico form?

• A) loading of thrust sheets of the Appalachian and Ouachita Mountains
• B) a large meteoroid impact that formed a crater the same size as the present-day gulf
• C) back-arc spreading behind the Lesser Antilles arc
• D) Mesozoic Jurassic) continental rifting and seafloor spreading

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