The San Andreas Fault is a ___ fault.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ans: Strike slip fault
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True or False: All weathered rock is represented by clastic particles
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
If this hurricane struck Galveston Island today, would it have the same
destructive eff ect? Explain. What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following cannot be linked to global climate changes?
A. changes in the position of the governments around the world with regards to forcing factors B. changes in the amount of reflected and re-emitted radiation from Earth's surface C. changes in the amount of radiation from the sun D. changes in the amount of water in the oceans E. All of these choices can be linked to global climate change.
Deep ocean trenches are surficial evidence for ________
A) rifting beneath a continental plate and the beginning of continental drift B) transform faulting between an oceanic plate and a continental plate C) sinking of oceanic lithosphere into the mantle at a subduction zone D) rising of hot asthenosphere from deep in the mantle