If You Observe an Angular Unconformity, You Would Infer That

question 16

Multiple Choice

If you observe an angular unconformity, you would infer that the region had experienced ______.

• A) deposition in shallow water, uplift or lowering of sea level enough to expose the rocks to erosion and non- deposition for a period of time, and subsequent resubmergence of the remaining sedimentary units where they experience new deposition
• B) intrusion of igneous rocks into a depositional setting, forcing the sedimentary layers upward and possibly deforming them, followed by subsidence of the remaining sedimentary layers and renewed deposition
• C) uplift and tilting of sedimentary units that exposes them to erosion over a period of time with subsequent renewed deposition
• D) deposition of sedimentary layers on crystalline igneous or metamorphic rocks that are exposed at the surface of the earth

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