Multiple Choice
Which one of the following statements concerning actively spreading mid-ocean ridges is false?
A) They are sites for submarine eruptions of basaltic lava.
B) They are places where young lithosphere is added to the edges of spreading, oceanic plates.
C) Terrigenous sediment coverings are very thin or absent.
D) Sediments include thick siliceous ooze deposits and sandy turbidite beds.
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