Multiple Choice
Buttes, mesas, and inselbergs represent
A) pinnacles of rock and rock masses that were uplifted by compressional forces.
B) erosional remnants of a once extensive and continuous rock layer.
C) erosional remnants of vertically tilted strata.
D) the erosional remnants of volcanoes (i.e., volcanic necks) .
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