Figure 23.1 -Assuming That the Rate of Seafloor Spreading Was Constant During

question 28

Multiple Choice

Figure 23.1
-Assuming that the rate of seafloor spreading was constant during the 1-million-year period depicted in Figure 23.1,what should be the approximate age of marine fossils found in undisturbed sedimentary rock immediately overlying the igneous rock at the arrow labeled II?

• A)10,000 years
• B)250,000 years
• C)500,000 years
• D)1,000,000 years

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