Linear, magnetic patterns associated with mid-ocean ridges are configured as ________
A) concentric circles about a rising plume of hot, mantle rocks and magma
B) normal and reversed magnetized strips roughly perpendicular to the ridge axis
C) reversed magnetizations along the rift valleys and normal magnetizations on the ridge
D) normal and reversed magnetized strips roughly parallel to the ridge
Answer: D
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