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Identify which of the following statements is true.


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Thrust Fault

A type of fault in which the upper block, above the fault plane, moves up and over the lower block.

Anticline

A type of fold in sedimentary rocks that resembles an arch, with the oldest rock layers at its core, indicative of compressional tectonic forces.

Syncline

a downward-curving (trough-like) fold in rock layers where the youngest materials are at the center.

Monocline

A geological fold in which all strata are inclined in the same direction, forming a step-like feature in the landscape.

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