Multiple Choice
By deep-sea drilling,the Glomar Challenger proved the theory that if the model of seafloor spreading was correct,then seafloor sediment should be ________ and ________ as one moves away from the spreading axis.
A) thicker;younger
B) thicker;older
C) thinner;younger
D) thinner;older
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