What is the ideal setting for detachment folds to form?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Detachment folds form where there is a very weak layer in a contracting rock sequence that can accommodate and localize shear, and a competent layer above that can buckle.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A. A B. B C. C D. D E. E

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Name an example of a place where intraplate earthquakes have occurred.

A. San Andreas fault seismic zone B. Indonesian seismic zone C. Kobe seismic zone D. New Madrid seismic zone

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In oceans, net primary productivity is ________

A) where nutrients are greatest B) in the tropics C) in the middle latitudes D) in the polar latitudes E) where nutrients are least

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