What Did the Earliest Continental Crust Resemble

question 125

Multiple Choice

What did the earliest continental crust resemble?

• A)andesitic island arcs like the Aleutians
• B)basaltic rift zones like East Africa
• C)foreland and intracratonic basins with mature quartz-rich sandstones
• D)giant protocontinents of silica-rich magmas formed from the early differentiation of Earth into crust, mantle, and core

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