The ________ Is the Global Tectonic Cycle That Rifts Supercontinents

question 135

Multiple Choice

The ________ is the global tectonic cycle that rifts supercontinents, developes extensive passive margins, opens ocean basins, closes ocean basins, creates new island arc or Andean crustal orogens, and finally builds new collisional mountain belts as the ocean completely closes to make a new supercontinent.

• A)Convective Conga
• B)Seafloor Shake Up
• C)Wegnerian Break Up
• D)Wilson Cycle

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