The Concept That Suggests the Asthenosphere Flows Laterally Away from a Region

question 68

Multiple Choice

The concept that suggests the asthenosphere flows laterally away from a region to make space for a heavy lithospheric mass is known as ___________________.

• A) seafloor spreading
• B) convergence
• C) divergence
• D) isostasy

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