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on the top of the himalayan mountains, climbers found fossilized marine shells in the surface bedrock. What is the best inference about the origin of the Himalayan Mountains?

a. the bedrock containing the fossil shells is part of an uplifted seafloor.

b. the himalayan mountains formed at a divergent boundary.
16 years ago

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drwls
a. The Himalayas are actually a CONVERGENT, not a divergent, boundary
16 years ago

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