The relatively young mountains along the western margins of the North and South American plates are referred to as which of the following?
A) Cordilleran system.
B) Eurasian-Himalayan system.
C) Alleghany orogeny.
D) Sierra Nevadan orogeny.
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A)The
A)Tensional forces.
B)Compressional
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