Multiple Choice
Magnetostratigraphy takes advantage of the fact that ____________.
A) Earth's magnetic field only arose 10,000 years ago
B) Earth's magnetic field has been uniformly strong,with constant polarity,throughout Earth's history
C) Earth's magnetic field has experienced numerous polarity reversals,with periods of normal and reversed polarity of varying lengths
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