Which of the following best characterizes an angular unconformity?
A) Horizontal lava flows lie below the unconformity and horizontal; sedimentary strata lie above.
B) Tilted strata that lie below the unconformity are truncated at the unconformity, and strata above the unconformity are also tilted and truncated, but at a different angle
C) The discordant boundary between older strata and an intrusive body of granite.
D) Tilted strata lie below the unconformity; bedding in younger strata above is parallel to the unconformity.
D
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