Relatively stable, immobile parts of continents that form the foundation on which Phanerozoic sediments were

deposited are ____.
a. cratons
b. mobile belts
c. orogens
d. clastic wedges
e. back-arc basins


a

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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