Most granitic batholiths are generated ________

A) along transform faults, which accounts for their linear geographic distribution
B) along hot spot chains beneath continents, like a welder cutting through the continent to make a linear belt of intrusive granites
C) as intrusions beneath composite volcanos along convergent plate margins
D) where spreading ridges occur beneath continents


C

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