When an isolated mountain range occurs in the interior of a continent, one may infer that the range formed by ____
A) the collision of two continental plates
B) compressive forces acting on the opposing margins of a single plate
C) the rifting of the continent
D) the growth of a volcanic arc
E) the emplacement of a large pluton
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