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The figure above is an oblique Google earth image from southwestern North America looking approximately north. The view approximately 50km across. The area is a classic area of normal faulting.
-The topographic highlands, or ranges, in this area labeled A are also called ______blocks.
A) joint
B) horst
C) fracture
D) graben

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Use this figure for the following questions:
  The figure above is an oblique Google earth image from southwestern North America looking approximately north. The view approximately 50km across. The area is a classic area of normal faulting.
-The topographic highlands, or ranges, in this area labeled A are also called ______blocks.
A) joint 
B) horst 
C) fracture 
D) graben

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The topographic highlands, or ranges, in this area are called blocks, which are created by uplift along faults. Horst is a term for a block of the Earth's crust that has been uplifted and is bounded by normal faults.

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