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Yolanda

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What are slickensides?
 
  A) Joints made as an igneous rock cools and contracts
  B) Fractures made in a rock as a result of tensional stress
  C) Folded rocks along a convergent boundary
  D) Polished and striated surfaces made on fault blocks

Question 2

________ is the compass direction of the line produced by the intersection of an inclined rock layer with a horizontal plane.
 
  A) Dip
  B) Angle
  C) Strike
  D) Plunge


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ricroger

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


Yolanda

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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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