Time Scales and Intervals of Importance to Geologic Processes ________

question 177

Multiple Choice

Time scales and intervals of importance to geologic processes ________.

• A)range from less than a millisecond to billions of years
• B)range only from days to millions of years
• C)must be at least as long as the epochs in the geologic time scale
• D)must be shorter than seismic wave vibrations or longer than mantle convection cycles but nothing in between

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