The Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, and the Teton Mountains of Wyoming, ranges are examples of_______ .

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The fault blocks uplifted by late Tertiary to Quaternary normal faulting is the most suitable option because these mountains have a block of rocks that have been uplifted along normal faults. The movement of the faults is as such that the block ends are uplifted while the central portion or the graben is down dropped. This kind of uplift would result in steep-sided mountains that are characteristic of the Sierra Nevada and the Teton Mountains.