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NClaborn

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on: Jul 14, 2018
The relatively young mountains along the western margins of North and South American plates are referred to as the
 
  A) Cordilleran system.
  B) Eurasian-Himalayan system.
  C) Alleghany orogeny.
  D) Sierra Nevadan orogeny.

Question 2

Which of the following shows the general sequency of an orogeny?
 
  A) thickening of crust through accretion or magma intrusionupliftweat hering and/or erosion
  B) upliftthickening of crust through accretion or magma intrusionweathering and/or erosion
  C) weathering and/or erosionupliftthicke ning of crust through accretion or magma intrusion
  D) thickening of crust through accretion or magma intrusionweathering and/or erosionuplift


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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

A


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