FiltersDone

Question type

Essay

Multiple Choice

Short Answer

True False

Matching

Exam 13: Mountain Building and Continental Frameworks

Show Answer

Share

---

All types

Filters

Study FlashcardsPractice ExamLearn

Question 31

Multiple Choice

Review LaterAdd Note

Review Later

As new layers of sedimentary or volcanic rock are added to the crust the ________.

A) elevation increases faster than the thickness
B) elevation increases by an equal amount to the thickness
C) elevation stays the same but the thickness increases
D) thickness increases faster than the elevation

Correct Answer

verified

Show Answer

Question 32

True/False

Review LaterAdd Note

Review Later

The western edge of the prairies is the Front Ranges.

Correct Answer

verified

Show Answer

Question 33

Multiple Choice

Review LaterAdd Note

A(n) ________ is a zone where two continents collide, often preserving slivers of oceanic lithosphere between the colliding plates.

In general, which of the following statements about elevated, compressive orogens is true?

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

In eastern Canada, the innermost edge of the Appalachian's Paleozoic accreted terranes is Logan's Thrust.

A(n) ________ plate margin commonly evolves from a divergent one.

In what two notable ways do continent-continent collisions differ from other destructive plate margins?

What ocean basin was destroyed and finally had its last sliver obducted to make the ophiolite between the Humber Zone and the Gander Terrane?

Folds and thrust faults in the rocks of the Appalachian region formed in late Paleozoic time when Africa collided with North America.

How is it that basaltic rocks from seamounts and oceanic plateaus, along with their sedimentary caps, can get accreted to a continental margin rather than being subducted along with the rest of the basalts and sediments on the downgoing plate?

One piece of evidence for the substantial compression accompanying terrane accretion in B.C.and the Yukon is ________.

The foothills of the Canadian Rockies, as the most easterly portion, were the first to form in response to deformations on the continental margin.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

The world's highest mountain belts result from ________ convergent plate margins.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Obducted ophiolite and island arc sequences are part of a ________ margin.

Accretionary wedges develop along subduction zones where sediments and other rocks are scraped off a descending oceanic plate and piled against the leading edge of the overriding continental plate.

A(n) ________ convergent plate margin is associated with a volcanic island arc.