Folded limestones that are exposed high elevations in the Himalayas were originally deposited as sediments in a ________
A) deep ocean trench along the southern margin of India.
B) Cenozoic fault basin between Africa and Arabia.
C) late Paleozoic syncline north of the Tibetan Plateau.
D) marine basin between India and Eurasia.
D
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