I believe it is D: Fracture
Marine waters cover 70.8% of the earth’s surface. And, if we substract the 5.5% area of the continental shelf, 65.3% of the earth’s surface is occupied by continental slope and rise, and deep-sea parts (data after Dietrich and Kalle 1957). The deep sea can be subdivided into several topographical units. There are deep-sea grabens<span> (15 in number), which cut deeper than 6,000 m. Deep-sea grabens are restricted to tectonic active regions near the foot of continental slopes.</span>
Answer:
Heat from the mantle forms convection currents causing the tectonic plates to diverge and form ocean basins.
Explanation:
Ocean basins form as a result of convection in the mantle along divergent margins.
- At a divergent margin, new crusts are being formed.
- It is said to be a constructive margin because new materials reaches through to the earth surface from there.
- The mantle convection pushes materials up and down away from heating centers and to cold regions and back and forth.
- This leads to the creation of cells which moves the overlying plate.
- The mantle materials are then able to reach the surface to form new ocean basin.
