Which Is Not Evidence of Former Structural Deformation or Major

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which is not evidence of former structural deformation or major tectonic forces that affected rocks of continental interiors?

• A) extensive, flat lying younger beds disconformably overlying older strata
• B) massively folded metamorphic rock units with structures that resemble putty
• C) faults which juxtapose vastly different rock types like deep lower crustal granites and fluvial deposits containing coal beds
• D) extinct marine fossils found hundreds of metres above sea level in tilted strata in the mountains