1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
prisoha [69]
3 years ago
9

A fold-thrust belt is ________. A. a low-lying region where Precambrian rocks crop out B. a low-lying region where Precambrian r

ocks are covered by Phanerozoic sedimentary strata C. a region of compressed rock located behind a volcanic arc at a convergent continental margin D. synonymous with ""craton""
Geography
1 answer:
andrey2020 [161]3 years ago
5 0

Answer: The answer is C:

a region of compressed rock located behind a volcanic arc at a convergent continental margin.

explanation:

Typically found in orogenic forelands or in rear-arc position (e.g. on east side of Andes). It's formed during continent-continent collision, and often in passive margin sediments of the subducting plate (and hence can exhume the earlier rift margin that formed the foundation for the passive margin.

You might be interested in
If a block of wood floats in water, what does that mean about its density?
wariber [46]

Answer: it’s density is less than the water’s density

Explanation:

If something is floating in a liquid, the density is less. If it sinks in liquid, the density is greater than the liquid.

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Rotate the figure 90 degree clockwise about the origin
gtnhenbr [62]

The rule for a rotation by 90° about the origin is (x,y)→(−y,x) .

<h2>PLEASE LIKE </h2>
7 0
2 years ago
What is a fish? Write down 3 facts about a fish and earn 50 points! ( Very easy!!!!):D
Alex777 [14]

Answer:

Fish are aquatic animals who have gills.

Fish are cold blooded and scaly skinned.

Explanation:

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Anoxia, or a lack of oxygen in bodies of water, leads to
shepuryov [24]

Answer:

Dead Zones

Explanation:

Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans and large lakes, caused by "excessive nutrient pollution from human activities coupled with other factors that deplete the oxygen required to support most marine life in bottom and near-bottom water.

5 0
3 years ago
What is the reason for the “Scramble for Africa”?
GaryK [48]

a.  the industrial revo increased the need for natural resources

6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Africa's most prominent monsoon circulation can be found in the ________ part of the continent.
    11·1 answer
  • In triangle ABC, what is the angle opposite AB
    13·1 answer
  • Which was formed by erosion? the Rocky Mountains the Pacific Ocean the Grand Canyon the Galapagos Islands
    5·1 answer
  • what two countries are planning to build a pipeline that will pump water into the Dead Sea from the Red Sea
    11·1 answer
  • 2 Points<br> What makes a source credible apex
    9·1 answer
  • Who was killed in 1963 as the result of a U.S backed coup detat in vietnam ?
    12·1 answer
  • Because both hinduism and buddhism originated in the same region, they both spread quickly throughout __?__.
    13·2 answers
  • The mass of the objects DECREASES, gravity will?
    5·1 answer
  • The route to the Gautrain station at OR Tambo International Airport
    7·1 answer
  • 11 POINTS!! what is this???
    10·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!