Geologists Believe That a New Ocean Basin Is Forming

question 67

Multiple Choice

Geologists believe that a new ocean basin is forming .

• A) at the East African Rift Valley
• B) in the Mediterranean Sea
• C) along the divergent boundary between India and Asia
• D) along the boundary between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate

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