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neverstopbelieb

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The lithosphere is made up of the ____.
 A)the crust and upper mantle
 B)the crust and outer core
 C)the crust and the inner core
 D)upper mantle and outer core
 E)upper mantle and inner core

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What are the Columbia River basalts and what is their origin?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

The Columbia River basalts are vast areas of lava flows that issued from fissures rather than central vent volcanoes. Volcanic cones did not develop because the lava was too fluid.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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