Most oceanic islands and seamounts are

A) small pieces rifted apart from continents.
B) places where the seafloor has been buckled upward by convergence.
C) constructed by volcanic eruptions that first occur under water.
D) large fan-shaped mounds deposited by turbidity currents.


C) constructed by volcanic eruptions that first occur under water.

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