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    Submarine Canyons Found Cutting into the Continental Shelf and Slope
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Submarine Canyons Found Cutting into the Continental Shelf and Slope

Question 44

Question 44

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Submarine canyons found cutting into the continental shelf and slope are believed to have been created ________.


A) by subduction
B) by icebergs
C) by rivers during the ice age
D) by tectonic rifting

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