Multiple Choice
________ beneath the Basin and Range helps to explain the extensive rhyolitic and basaltic eruptions that occurred tens of millions of years after the last orogeny.
A) Obduction
B) Delamination
C) Wilson Cycles
D) Subduction
E) Thickening of the continental crust by "rooting"
Correct Answer:
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Q12: A _ terrane has rock types and
Q13: The Himalayan Mountains formed as the result
Q14: During the last couple of decades, geologist
Q15: The cycle of splitting of a supercontinent,
Q16: The continental crust is _ beneath mountain
Q18: Most of the world's mountains existing today
Q19: Some accreted terranes were microcontinents similar to
Q20: Late stage normal faulting in a mountain
Q21: The Andes Mountains, where the South America
Q22: Frequent earthquakes, offshore trenches, and active volcanoes