The seafloor spreading hypothesis indicates what as the primary cause of continental movement?

A)volcanism in the ocean crust
B)convergence of tectonic plates
C)the formation and destruction of ocean basins
D)the convection of mantle heat
E)the decay of radioactive isotopes


C

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