You are exploring an ocean basin and trying to determine whether it formed by sea floor spreading. Which of the following evidence would you NOT expect to find in an actively spreading ocean?

a) Bathymetry would reveal a mid-ocean ridge.
b) The mid-ocean ridge would be nearly bare of sediments at its axis.
c) Symmetric magnetic anomalies would be found parallel to the mid-ocean ridge.
d) Dredging of the mid-ocean ridge would yield young rocks.
e) Dredging of the mid-ocean ridge would yield granite.


E

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