All of the Following Are Examples of a Particular Stage

question 6

Multiple Choice

All of the following are examples of a particular stage of rifting EXCEPT:

• A) the Great Rift valley of East Africa, which may be a failed arm of a three- branched rift.
• B) the Red Sea, which is an active arm of continuing divergence.
• C) the Rio Grande region of Colorado and New Mexico, which is an area of initial crustal stretching and thinning.
• D) the northeast coast of the United States, which shows evidence of future rifting.

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