The Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, and the Teton Mountains of Wyoming, ranges are examples of ________
A) folding, compression, and thickening of Paleozoic strata in Jurassic time
B) fault blocks uplifted by late Tertiary to Quaternary normal faulting
C) uplifted blocks bounded by Quaternary reverse faults
D) isostatic uplift of crust over thickened in early Paleozoic time
Answer: B) fault blocks uplifted by late Tertiary to Quaternary normal faulting
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a. during mining b. shortly after mining c. many years after mining d. no subsidence takes place with this mining technique
If the earth were not rotating, there would be no Coriolis force
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Carbon and oxygen atoms do not show up as well as calcium and magnesium atoms on a transmission electron microscope image of dolomite. Why?
A) There are not as many carbon and oxygen atoms. B) Carbon and oxygen gases are transparent to light. C) The electrons are not as densely packed in carbon and oxygen. D) Transmission electron microscopes perform better on metals than nonmetals.
In neoclassical economics, the practice of "discounting" is used to ________.
What will be an ideal response?