The Aleutian Islands occur at ________.
A) an ocean-ocean convergent boundary on a volcanic arc above a northward-subducting Pacific plate
B) a transform boundary where North America has moved towards Alaska
C) a divergent boundary where shield volcanoes are forming
D) a convergent, continental margin with uplifted fault blocks, much like those of the Basin and Range Province
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Q53: Deep-hypocentre earthquakes are associated with _ plate
Q54: The _ were formed in the late
Q55: Most transform faults are located _.
A)along the
Q56: The chaotic accumulation of deformed oceanic sediments,
Q58: A transform plate boundary is characterized by
Q59: Plates are sliding past one another horizontally
Q60: _ plate boundaries have the largest magnitude
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Q62: In detail, there is no geologic evidence
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