If You Drilled into an Oceanic Plateau, What Would You

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Multiple Choice

If you drilled into an oceanic plateau, what would you most likely find?

• A) a thin layer of oceanic sediment over continental crust
• B) andesitic volcanoes buried by turbidity currents
• C) a normal thickness of oceanic crust overlain by andesitic volcanoes
• D) large amounts of basalt derived from melting in the mantle

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