
The Basin and Range Province was formed by
A) earthquakes.
B) tensional forces resulting from the fact that North America overrode a subducted ocean plate and was raised and stretched in the process.
C) compressional forces resulting from the collision of North America with a microplate,and which resulted in the creation of a folded mountain belt.
D) landslides.
E) volcanic activity.
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