Marine sediment lying above evaporate deposits beneath the Red Sea shows us that the
A) Red Sea is slowing drying up.
B) Red Sea is the failed arm of a triple junction.
C) Indian Ocean once covered a large part of northern Africa.
D) Indian Ocean has only recently gained access to the widening Red Sea.
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Q1: A failed rift is oriented roughly
A) perpendicular
Q2: During _, a long seaway occupied the
Q4: Typically, active margins are characterized by
A) subsidence
Q5: _ is the line of intersection between
Q6: _ is the process of mountain building.
A)
Q7: With respect to a typical metamorphic belt,
Q8: The downwarping of the lithosphere beneath an
Q9: On any given tilted bed, strike and
Q10: An ophiolite is made up of part
Q11: A change in the angle of plate
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