If You Observe a Nonconformity,you Would Infer That the Region

question 60

Multiple Choice

If you observe a nonconformity,you would infer that the region had experienced ________.

• A)deposition in shallow water,uplift or lowering of sea level enough to expose the rocks to erosion and non-deposition for a period of time,and subsequent resubmergence of the remaining sedimentary units where they experience new deposition
• B)uplift and tilting of sedimentary units that exposes them to erosion over a period of time with subsequent renewed deposition
• C)intrusion of igneous rocks into a depositional setting,forcing the sedimentary layers upward and possibly deforming them,followed by subsidence of the remaining sedimentary layers and renewed deposition
• D)deposition of sedimentary layers on crystalline igneous or metamorphic rocks that are exposed at the surface of the earth

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