Multiple Choice
The main mechanism for melting at spreading ridges is_______ .
A) surficial melting of sedimentary rock
B) subduction produced andesitic magmas
C) decompression melting of ultramafic mantle rock
D) large scale melting of rhyolitic core rock
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