Numerous Terranes Exist in Alaska

question 29

Multiple Choice

Numerous terranes exist in Alaska. One of these is the Wrangellia terrane. Why is the Wrangellia terrane considered part of the same terrane as that from pieces scattered from western Idaho northward to Alaska?

• A) The terranes have similar ages and sequences of rocks.
• B) The terranes are joined by a single fault line.
• C) The terranes are of distinctly different rock types from each other.
• D) The terranes were formed during increasingly older times as they progress northwest.

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