Use the Following Figure to Answer the Questions Below

question 4

Multiple Choice

Use the following figure to answer the questions below.

-Hawaii is the most southeastern of the seven islands and is also closest to the sea-floor spreading centre from which the Pacific plate originates, which lies about 5600 km further to the southeast. Assuming equal sedimentation rates, what should be the location of the thickest sediment layer and, thus, the area with the greatest diversity of fossils above the oceanic crust?

• A)between the island of Hawaii and the sea-floor spreading centre
• B)around the base of the island of Hawaii
• C)around the base of Kauai, the oldest of the Hawaiian islands
• D)where the islands are most concentrated (highest number of islands per unit surface area)

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