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Ryan took notes in class about a type of mountain, but forgot to write which mountain his notes match. Here is what he wrote: “swelling causes rock layers to break into sections with a gentle slope on one side and a steep escarpment on the opposite side, leaving vertical rock
faces between the breaks in the blocks.” Which type of mountain do his notes refer to?
folded mountains
tilted fault block mountains
ocean ridges
lifted fault block mountains

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Sashamona101

Answer: B. Tilted fault block mountains

Explanation: Good luck! :D

arshikhan8123

His notes refer to tilted fault block mountains

What are tilted fault-block mountains?

Tilted-kind block mountains have one lightly sloping aspect and one steep facet with an exposed scarp and are not unusual in the Basin and various areas of western America. An instance of graben is the basin of the Narmada River in India, between the Vindhya and Satpura horsts.

How are tilted block mountains fashioned?

Tilted block faulting, also known as rotational block faulting, is a method of structural evolution in extensional tectonic events, an end result of tectonic plates stretching apart. whilst the top lithospheric crust reviews extensional pressures, the brittle crust fractures, creating detachment faults.

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