The Michigan Basin Is Pictured in the Images Yellow and Green

question 42

Multiple Choice

The Michigan Basin is pictured in the images yellow and green are the youngest layers) . What may be said of this basin?

• A) Rock layers form a bulls-eye pattern with the youngest rocks in the center, indicating the presence of the basin.
• B) Layers are thicker in the center of the basin, indicating the basin was subsiding during deposition.
• C) May have formed during an episode of continental rifting.
• D) All of these may be said of the Michigan Basin.

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