Multiple Choice
An exotic terrane created by a seamount accreted to a continental margin would be composed__________
A) exclusively of granite batholiths and rhyolite welded tuffs
B) mainly of organic-rich, black shales and beach-type sandstones
C) mainly of basaltic lava flows and minor, coralline limestone
D) of folded, quartz sandstone and shallow water, marine limestone
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