Most oceanic islands and seamounts are

A. small pieces rifted apart from continents.
B. places where the seafloor has been buckled upward by convergence.
C. large fan-shaped mounds deposited by turbidity currents.
D. constructed by volcanic eruptions that first occur under water.


Answer: D

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