A hard, white, crusty calcium carbonate deposit within the B horizon in the arid desert regions of the

American Southwest is called which of the following?
a. caliche
b. quartz
c. coal
d. adobe
e. clay


A

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What would you most expect to find at ocean-continent convergence?

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