What type of faults tend to produce the most destructive earthquakes?
What will be an ideal response?
Convergent plate boundaries with a subducting slab of oceanic lithosphere and an overlying plate form a megathrust fault. Because these large thrust faults lie beneath the ocean floor and experience vertical motion that can displace the overlying water, they are capable of generating destructive tsunamis.
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What can you conclude about the climate in the Neoproterozoic? What will be an ideal response?
Sediments of the deep-ocean floor are typically ____________ sorted. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Climate change involves
A. changes in precipitation. B. decreasing temperatures. C. increasing temperatures. D. All of the above.
________ _______ or ________ - the number of plant and animal species present and the variety of genetic materials these organisms contain
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word