Multiple Choice
If you drilled into an oceanic plateau,you would most likely find
A) a thin layer of oceanic sediment over continental crust.
B) andesitic volcanoes buried by turbidity currents.
C) a normal thickness of oceanic crust overlain by andesitic volcanoes.
D) large amounts of basalt derived from melting in the mantle.
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