The thicker crust of mountains ____.
A)sinks into thinner crust at depth
B)floats on denser rock at depth
C)is more dense than oceanic crust
D)reduces faulting during orogeny
E)is more dense than other continental crust
Question 2
At transform plate boundaries, ____.
A)lithosphere is neither created or destroyed
B)plates move horizontally past each other
C)active volcanism is abruptly stopped
D)plates move laterally past each other and active volcanism occurs
E)continental crust is transformed into seafloor crust
Limestone: A Marine Sedimentary Rock
Basin and Range Province—Crust Extended
The rock cycle and the Earth’s physical environment
Classification of Burns by Depth
Directional Selection in Rock-Pocket Mice