Explain how batholiths and stocks formed via plate tectonics. What will be an ideal response?
Batholiths and stocks are products of partial melting of subducted oceanic crust that are emplaced in
the continental crust above the subducted slab.
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Which of the following was the largest project ever undertaken my the U.S. government?
A) the welfare state B) the Federal Interstate Highway System C) Hoover Dam D) the system of airports in the U.S. E) public transportation
A decrease in stream discharge will most likely result in an increase in _____
a. drainage area b. stream competence c. stream capacity d. stream energy e. stream deposition
When water enters a crack in a rock and subsequently freezes, it has the effect of ___
a) gluing the rock more tightly together b) making the rock harder c) sealing the crack thereby preventing further weathering d) widening the crack and hastening the rock's disintegration e) displacing surface acids that may weaken the rock
Discuss the causes of large-scale glaciation and the controls on ice advances and retreats within ice ages. What will be an ideal response?