In What Tectonic Setting Was the Sierra Nevada Formed

question 84

Multiple Choice

In what tectonic setting was the Sierra Nevada formed?

• A) melting along a transform fault
• B) continental rifting
• C) a continental collision
• D) subduction beneath the continent
• E) all of these

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