OG 117

New theories propose that catastrophic impacts of asteroids and comets may have caused reversals in the Earth's magnetic field, the onset of ice ages, splitting apart continents 80 million years ago, and great volcanic eruptions.

A.splitting apart continents

B.the splitting apart of continents

C.split apart continents

D.continents split apart

E.continents that were split apart

答案是B， 但我还是有疑问， 为什么不选C， 如果说现在分词调的是过程，过去分词强调的是结果，这里不是更应该用split吗？

同意楼上的