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Tazate

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on: Jul 15, 2018
In what ways are the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Andes Mountains the same in terms of mountain formation?
 
  A) Crumpling of the continent through collision with another continent
  B) Emplacement of batholiths
  C) Extension of the continent through rifting
  D) Downwarping of the continent due to crustal subsidence

Question 2

Which style of convergent boundary will characterize an Andean-type mountain building event?
 
  A) Where oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere
  B) Where continental lithosphere subducts beneath continental lithosphere
  C) Where oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath continental lithosphere
  D) Where continental lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere


Yixagurpuldink

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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


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