What Causes the Seafloor to Deepen Across a Typical Continental

question 76

Multiple Choice

What causes the seafloor to deepen across a typical continental slope?

• A)thinning of continental crust because of normal faults
• B)a transition from continental crust to oceanic crust
• C)down flexing of oceanic crust because of subduction
• D)deposition of sediment from turbidity currents
• E)a and b only

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