Which Setting in This Cross Section of Wyoming Would Most

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which setting in this cross section of Wyoming would most likely trap oil in the subsurface?

• A)1,the overthrust belt,which has shuffled sedimentary rocks
• B)2,where sedimentary rocks of the Green River Basin have been overridden beneath the Wind River Range
• C)3,the top of the Wind River Range,which is an anticline composed of Precambrian granite and metamorphic rocks
• D)the Powder River Basin,which has coal bends in a syncline
• E)both 1 and 2

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