water has trickled down into a joint in a rock can freeze, expand and

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widen the crack and hastening the rocks desintergration

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A) Worldwide seismic networks that broadcast warnings based on an earthquake's potential for generating a tsunami B) Deploying warning buoys to detect small changes in sea level C) Monitoring earthquakes on land D) Considering the tectonic setting and type of plate boundary that is nearby

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Describe the formation of the trade wind inversion and the marine layer, and explain why and how these two change in height and characteristics from east to west

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An igneous body injected between sedimentary strata that arches the bedrock above while the bottom layers remain relatively flat is called a ________

A) batholith B) laccolith C) dike D) sill

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What information do you need to calculate the pressure (weight) of a column of rock? Calculate the pressure at the base of oceanic and continental crust for columns of rock that are one square meter in area at the surface

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