Multiple Choice
The continental rise on a passive continental margin is a/an:
A) apron of terrigenous sediment that was transported across the continental shelf and deposited on the deep ocean floor at the foot of the continental slope.
B) rugged surface formed by erosion of sediment near the abyssal plain.
C) topographic surface formed as a portion of a lithospheric plate dives into the mantle.
D) steep surface formed by accumulation of basalt near the continental margin.
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