The ____ cycle describes the synthesis of plate tectonics, where over great spans of geologic time oceanic floors are
constantly forming and destroying, mountains are eroding, sediments are subducting, continents are rebuilding, and the
world ocean moves from basin to basin.
a. Watson
b. continental
c. tectonic
d. Wilson
e. convergent
d
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