That the oceanic crust is geologically young and the parallel magnetic striping pattern of basalts is symmetrical about oceanic ridges was conclusively shown by what?

a. radiometric dating of oceanic basalts and sequences from continents
b. the unusually thin layer of oceanic sediments and ages of contained fossils
c. the existence of the same magnetic anomaly patterns in all ocean basins
d. radiometric dating of oceanic basalts and sequences from continents AND the unusually thin layer of oceanic sediments and ages of contained fossils
e. all of these


d. radiometric dating of oceanic basalts and sequences from continents AND the unusually thin layer of oceanic sediments and ages of contained fossils

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