Multiple Choice
The Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, and the Teton Mountains of Wyoming, ranges are examples of_______ .
A) isostatic uplift of crust over thickened in early Paleozoic time
B) folding, compression, and thickening of Paleozoic strata in Jurassic time
C) fault blocks uplifted by late Tertiary to Quaternary normal faulting
D) uplifted blocks bounded by Quaternary reverse faults
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