The Thickest Crust Is Found

question 77

Multiple Choice

The thickest crust is found:

• A) beneath mountains.
• B) at the old stable portions of the continents.
• C) at the continental margins.
• D) at the old stable portions of the ocean basins.
• E) at the mid-oceanic ridge spreading centers.

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