Evidence That Tensile Stresses Are Actively Pulling the Lithosphere Apart

question 2

Multiple Choice

Evidence that tensile stresses are actively pulling the lithosphere apart in an ocean ridge system is given by ________.

• A)the width of the ridge system
• B)the height of the ridge system
• C)the existence of a rift valley in a ridge system
• D)the lack of thick sediments on the ridge system sea floor

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