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    Broad Downwarps in the Basement Rock May Deform the Overlying
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Broad Downwarps in the Basement Rock May Deform the Overlying

Question 86

Question 86

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Broad downwarps in the basement rock may deform the overlying sedimentary cover strata to generate large elliptical to circular folds called ________.


A) basins
B) doubly plunging anticlines
C) domes
D) monoclines

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