The Late Proterozoic Grenville Orogeny Is an Event Related to

question 21

Multiple Choice

The late Proterozoic Grenville orogeny is an event related to

• A) uplift of the modern Rocky Mountains.
• B) uplift of the ancestral Rocky Mountains.
• C) assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
• D) assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia.

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