What Geologic Setting Is Expressed by the Formation of the Sierra

question 27

Multiple Choice

What geologic setting is expressed by the formation of the Sierra Nevada and adjacent features?

• A) a continental collision east of to the right of) the Sierra Nevada
• B) an ocean-continent convergent zone
• C) a continental rifting event east of to the right of) the Sierra Nevada
• D) continental rifting west to the left of) of the Sierra Nevada

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