Most oceanic plateaus are
A. small pieces rifted apart from continents.
B. places where the seafloor has been buckled upward by convergence.
C. large fan-shaped mounds deposited by turbidity currents.
D. constructed by volcanic eruptions probably over mantle plumes.
Answer: D
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