Magnetic surveys of the ocean floors reveal

A. alternating strips of normal and reversed polarity paralleling the mid-Atlantic ridge.
B. that reversed polarity is rare.
C. thin oceanic crust composed of basaltic rocks.
D. all of the above


Answer: A

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