Multiple Choice
Pieces of lithosphere with completely different fossil content, stratigraphy, structural trends, and paleomagnetic properties than surrounding rocks are called ____.
A) terraces
B) concretions
C) hot spots
D) Wilson blocks
E) terranes
Correct Answer:
Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q40: What is happening in the mantle beneath
Q41: Which type of plate boundary is least
Q42: Alfred Wegener gave the name Pangaea to
Q43: Compare and contrast the concepts of slab-pull
Q44: Features associated with ancient continental rift zones
Q46: The oldest ocean crust is most likely
Q47: The first fossil evidence associated with the
Q48: Although plate boundaries influence the distribution of
Q49: The volcanic Emperor Seamount-Hawaiian Island chain resulted
Q50: Mantle convection cells are fueled with heat