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33. Which of the following is characteristic of a transgression?<br />
a) the seas move out, uncovering more land<br />
b) sand dunes and river sediments can be deposited over marine deposits<br />
c) marine sedimentary facies move toward the land<br />
d) marine sedimentary facies move away from land<br />
e) all of the above<br />
34. What is one reason why the East Coast has so many bays and islands?<br />
a) the land has been uplifted by recent faulting<br />
b) because of a major drop in sea level<br />
c) the land has been downdropped by recent faulting<br />
d) water released from melting glaciers raised sea level<br />
e) a large tsunami from a meteoroid impact scoured the coastline<br />
35. Which of the following is most likely to occur at shallow crustal levels?<br />
a) ductile behavior<br />
b) brittle deformation<br />
c) growth of new minerals<br />
d) recrystallization of minerals<br />
e) metamorphism<br />
36. What happens during the maturation of coal?<br />
a) impurities are driven off<br />
b) the coal is buried and squeezed to a smaller volume<br />
c) the energy content of the coal increases<br />
d) methane is driven off<br />
e) all of these<br />
37. What type of stress formed the structure shown in this figure?<br />
a) uniaxial<br />
b) fluid pressure<br />
c) compression<br />
d) confining pressure<br />
e) tension
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