Extensive _____ were deposited as the Tippecanoe Sea gradually regressed from the North American craton during the late Silurian.
A) sandstones
B) shales
C) volcanic rocks
D) evaporites
E) limestones
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Q35: An idealized cyclothem is characterized by which
Q36: Which orogeny was the first pulse of
Q37: During the entire Paleozoic, the western margin
Q38: The majority of Kaskaskian rocks are _.
A)shales
B)carbonates
C)sandstones
D)volcanics
E)metamorphic
Q39: What do cyclothems represent?
A)volcanism
B)evaporation
C)transgressive and regressive cycles
D)transgression
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Q44: The boundary between the Tippecanoe Sequence and
Q45: Thick deposits of Silurian evaporites are important
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