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SCIENCE QUESTION PLEASE HELP

Formed by a continental rift.

A. crustal plate

B. subduction

C. an ocean basin

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Answer:

C. an ocean basin would be the correct answer

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer:

Where tectonic plates move away from one another the lithosphere thins. The underlying asthenosphere rises and expands like a hot-air balloon, elevating a broad region. If the plate is capped by thick continental crust, the resulting continental rift zone rises high above

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C.an ocean basin

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