Which of the following geologic situations is most likely to contain significant oil concentrations?
A) 1.1-billion-year-old rocks that accumulated in the vicinity of a divergent plate boundary
B) 200-million-year-old rocks that have been exposed by uplift in a subduction zone
C) 300-million-year-old rocks that accumulated in a subsiding sedimentary basin
D) 150-million-year-old rocks that are flat lying and unfaulted
C
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