Determine the type of stress necessary to produce each of the following geologic regions/features. (Note: Some choices will be used more than once.)
A) Shear
B) Tension
C) Compression
1) Basin and Range province
2) San Andreas Fault
3) Grand Teton Mountains
4) Appalachian Mountains
5) Dakota Hogback
Answers: 1) B 2) A 3) B 4) C 5) C
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