Multiple Choice
Evidence that tensile stresses are actively pulling the lithosphere apart in an ocean ridge system is given by _______.
A) the width of the ridge system
B) the height of the ridge system
C) the lack of thick sediments on the ridge system sea floor
D) the existence of a rift valley in a ridge system
Correct Answer:
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