Why are the youngest mountains formed either in the circum Pacific belt or the Alps-Himalayas belt?
A) These are areas of maximum plate convergence today.
B) Because this is where the oldest and strongest rocks are exposed.
C) These are the regions with the greatest political pressure.
D) Because these are the stable shield areas.
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