As India is colliding with Asia, the margin of Asia is experiencing significant deformation. What is happening to the rocks that are being deformed?

A) They are being subducted into the mantle
B) They are being melted to become magma plutons
C) They are being displaced to the southeast to make up Southeast Asia
D) They are breaking off to form microcontinents


Answer: C

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

What are the main climatic influences for this station (air pressure, air mass sources, degree of continentality, temperature of ocean currents)?



Köppen climate classification symbol: ____________
name: ____________
explanation for this determination: ____________
Representative biome (terrestrial ecosystem) characteristic of region: ____________
characteristic vegetation: ____________

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Most photosynthesis in the open ocean occurs in the ____.

A. abyssal zone B. euphotic zone C. estuary zone D. bathyal zone E. benthic zone

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

The exosphere is ____

A) where jet streams are found B) the ozone layer C) the upper limit of our atmosphere D) where air density is greatest

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Roughly how fast do most lithospheric plates move?

A) about 5 kilometers per year B) about 5 kilometers per thousand years C) about 5 centimeters per hour D) about 5 centimeters per year

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences