The San Andreas Fault was created
A) during the Cenozoic.
B) by the collision of the eastward moving North American Plate and the Pacific ridge.
C) by the same tectonic activity that formed the Gulf of California.
D) by Cenozoic tectonic activity that also formed the Gulf of California as the North American Plate collided with the Pacific ridge.
Question 2
During the late Cenozoic, sea level was
A) low-water was tied up in the glaciers that covered the land surface.
B) high as melt water from glaciers was released due to warm ocean floors.
C) relatively high as ocean floors stood higher and seawater covered the continents.
D) relatively low due to rifting activity in the final phase of Pangaea's break-up.
San Andreas Fault Zone
Transform Fault Boundaries
Megathrust Fault
Mammoths – Larger Cenozoic Mammals
Cenozoic Era: Age of Mammals
The Collision-Coalescence Process