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Author Question: How could you tell an eroded plunging anticline from an eroded plunging syncline? What will be an ... (Read 33 times)

HudsonKB16

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on: Jul 15, 2018
How could you tell an eroded plunging anticline from an eroded plunging syncline? What will be an ideal response?

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How did the monocline in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming form? What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

In a plunging anticline, all rock layers dip away from the fold axis, and the oldest rocks are in the
center of the fold with younger rocks on the outside. In a plunging syncline, all rock layers dip toward
the fold axis, and the youngest rock layers are found in the core.



Answer to Question 2

The Bighorn Mountains rose vertically along a fracture. The fracture did not penetrate to the surface,
so as uplift of the mountains proceeded, the near-surface rocks were bent so that they now appear to be
draped over the margin of the uplifted block.



HudsonKB16

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Reply 2 on: Jul 15, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

Dominic

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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