What Evidence Has Shown Conclusively That the Oceanic Crust Is

question 24

Multiple Choice

What evidence has shown conclusively that the oceanic crust is geologically young and that the parallel magnetic striping pattern of basalts is symmetrical with regard to oceanic ridges?

• A)radiometric dating of oceanic basalts and sequences from continents exclusively
• B)the unusually thin layer of oceanic sediments and ages of contained fossils exclusively
• C)the existence of the same magnetic anomaly patterns in all ocean basins
• D)radiometric dating of oceanic basalts and sequences from continents AND the unusually thin layer of oceanic sediments and ages of contained fossils
• E)magnetic reversals contained in continental crusts that were at one time oceanic basalts

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