Multiple Choice
The Western Canada Foreland Basin and the Appalachian Foreland Basin both formed ________.
A) by passive marginal subsidence in the Early Precambrian
B) from broad regions of down-flowing cool mantle
C) in Paleozoic time from the break up of Pangaea
D) in response to crustal thickening and mountain building from terrane accretion
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