Multiple Choice
Folded, fine grained turbidites that occur high in the Himalayas were originally deposited as sediments ________.
A) in the accretionary wedge along the southern edge of Asia
B) along the shallow shoreline and continental shelf north of India
C) on the deep ocean abyssal plain south of India
D) in a massive, Late Paleozoic syncline north of the Tibetan Plateau
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