Formation of basin and range mountains is a result of ____

A)thrust faulting
B)folding and faulting
C)normal faulting
D)volcanism
E)batholithic intrusions


C

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A - topography B - latitude C - oceanic circulation D - the general circulation E - storms

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Adjustments related to plate-tectonic activity cause earthquakes from Washington to New Mexico, from Montana to California, and at other points throughout the West.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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What happens to the amount of pore space throughout the process of lithification?

A. It increases. B. It does not change. C. It decreases.

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The stages associated with continental rifting are, in order from earliest to latest,

A) narrow ocean basin, continental rift, uplift, wide ocean basin. B) narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin, continental rift, uplift. C) uplift, wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, continental rift. D) wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, uplift, continental rift. E) uplift, continental rift, narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin.

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