What produces columnar jointing in lava flows? What will be an ideal response?
Contraction during cooling.
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What will be an ideal response?
Contact metamorphic rocks
A. occur throughout hundreds of square miles. B. are usually foliated. C. are formed next to igneous intrusions. D. are formed along faults.