Pulling a Block of Clay Apart,resulting in the Middle Portion

question 30

Multiple Choice

Pulling a block of clay apart,resulting in the middle portion thinning and sinking,is an adequate analogy for

• A) passive margins and subsidence.
• B) foreland basins and diagenesis.
• C) rift basins and subsidence.
• D) intercontinental basins and diagenesis.

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