A normal fault results in crustal shortening.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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What would be the best explanation for the fact that most natural water has a pH of about 5.6?
A. Carbon dioxide reacts with water to form an acid. B. Many salts that dissolve in natural waters make the water basic. C. Air contains acid rain particles. D. Minerals that are dissolved in water are often acidic. E. none of the above
Mountains can be built in which of the following geological settings?
a. Subduction or convergent plate boundaries b. Transform plate boundaries c. Zones of continental collision or Continental rift areas d. Both a and c e. Both a and b
Winter snows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains are important to cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles because ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The detachment of part of the mantle portion of the lithosphere beneath a mountain belt is called
A. lithospheric delamination B. rifting C. gravitational collapse D. None of these choices are correct.