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If a Rock Folds with Little or No Fracturing, This

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If a rock folds with little or no fracturing, this indicates that the rock deformed in a(n) ____________________ manner.


Definitions:

Continental Shelf

The extended perimeter of each continent, lying relatively shallow in the ocean, where the seabed is at a gentle slope before a steep drop off to the ocean floor.

Passive Margin

The transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate boundary.

Oceanic Crust

The relatively thin part of the Earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins, composed mostly of basalt and gab-bro.

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