Identify the statement that is true about the abyssal plains. a. The abyssal plains of the eastern Atlantic Ocean stretch from t
he continental shelf to the base of the mid-ocean ridge. b. They are underlain by warm, young oceanic lithosphere. c. They are covered by microscopic plankton shells and fine flakes of clay. d. They are dissected by submarine canyons.
It was once a body of water there, having the shell in the rock means that a sea creature lived there so there must have been water there at one time in history.
