Describe a clastic wedge. How can a clastic wedge be used as evidence for an orogeny?
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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
Q40: Extensive _ were deposited as the Tippecanoe
Q41: The most abundant rock type deposited during
Q42: The Antler orogeny that occurred in the
Q44: The boundary between the Tippecanoe Sequence and
Q45: Thick deposits of Silurian evaporites are important
Q46: What is the Tippecanoe sequence?
Q47: The supercontinent that formed near the end
Q48: What role did microplates and terranes play
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