The Himalaya Mountains are an example of
a. an oceanic-continental convergent
plate boundary.
c. an oceanic-oceanic divergent plate
boundary.
b. a transform plate boundary. d. a continental-continental convergent
plate boundary
D
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A small lithospheric block with characteristics quite different from those of surrounding rocks;
these features commonly were accreted to continents during orogenies:a. terranes d. continental rifts b. therapsids e. organic reefs c. subduction zones
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