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The temperature increase with depth ____.
 A)is called the Moho
 B)is called the lithospheric inclination
 C)only occurs on continental plates
 D)rises more slowly beneath spreading ridges than elsewhere beneath the seafloor
 E)rises faster beneath spreading ridges than elsewhere beneath the seafloor

Question 2

In what two ways was the Laramide orogeny different from other orogenies?



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Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

The orogney took place much further inland from a convergent boundary, and volcanism and plutonism were not very common. Also, mountain building was mostly vertical, fault-bounded uplift rather than compression-induced folding and thrust faulting.




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