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kfurse

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Which option describes a possible oil and gas trap?
 
  A) an anticline made entirely of sandstone with an organic earth covering
  B) a reverse fault with a sandstone layer and a shale layer underneath
  C) an anticline with a sandstone layer and a shale layer on top
  D) a syncline with a coal layer at the bottom, a sandstone middle, and a shale layer on top

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Which piece of measured evidence would not help geologists produce geologic cross sections in order to interpret subsurface geology?
 
  A) subsurface layers
  B) orientation of rock layers
  C) orientation of folds
  D) faults


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

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


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