Multiple Choice
You are walking on the beach along the south-coast of Alaska.You see rocks cut by numerous faults that consist of basalt with evidence of eruption in the ocean,deep-water chert,mudstone,and sandstones with abundant volcanic material.What tectonic setting would you assign to these rocks?
A) passive continental margin sequence
B) forearc basin
C) continental interior basin
D) accretionary wedge
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