One possible reason for present-day geothermal activity at Yellowstone National Park and the extensive flood basalts
of the Columbia River plateau is ____.
a. an ancient meteorite impact that generated an enormous volume of lava
b. present day subduction along the west coast of California
c. continued orogenic activity in the Cordilleran orogen
d. a hot spot
e. rifting in the Basin and Range province
d
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Columbium and tantalum in your mobile phone helped to finance the decade-long war in the
Democratic Republic of Congo. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The placement of events into a sequential order based upon their position in the rock record is referred
to as ____________________ dating. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A mineral's melting point generally increases with increasing pressure.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Averaged over the year, high latitudes receive less insolation than low latitudes
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false