Geology of NW Arizona (Mr. Ertl's land)

1. The Basin and Range Province of the western United States is dominated by the landforms shown on your handout. Below are two color photos of this area.  What geologic processes can you identify? What is the "order" of geologic events?

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2. What does a CROSS-SECTION of this region look like? (see diagram below):

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3. What plate tectonics processes do you think created the fault patterns in NW Arizona?

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