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Title: Which of the following best describes the bedrock in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California?
Post by: ishan on Feb 28, 2020

Question 1

A ________ is a near surface, intrusive igneous rock body that results from local inflation of a horizontal sill.
◦ laccolith
◦ dike
◦ batholith
◦ volcanic neck

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the bedrock in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California?
◦ Batholiths crystallize below the surface but then flow upwards towards the surface.
◦ Batholiths crystallize at the surface, so they are simply still in place.
◦ Batholiths crystallize below the surface but were later exposed by way of erosion of overlying material.
◦ The batholiths were washed downhill from distant mountains and deposited here.

Title: Which of the following best describes the bedrock in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California?
Post by: KKcool on Feb 28, 2020

Answer 1

laccolith

Answer 2

The batholiths were washed downhill from distant mountains and deposited here.

Title: Re: Which of the following best describes the bedrock in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California?
Post by: Sydney Miller on Feb 24, 2021

thanks!