Linear, Magnetic Patterns Associated with Mid-Ocean Ridges Are Configured as ________

Multiple Choice

Linear, magnetic patterns associated with mid-ocean ridges are configured as ________.

A) concentric circles about a rising plume of hot, mantle magma
B) reversed magnetizations along the present day rift valleys and normal magnetizations along the adjacent ridge
C) normal and reversed magnetized stripes roughly parallel to the ridge
D) normal and reversed magnetized stripes roughly perpendicular to the ridge axis