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What type boundary is the San Andreas Fault

transform

Material that is about 180 million years old has been found in this layer of the crust

oceanic crust

An earthquake that was rated 3 on the Richter scale would be

An earthquake that was rated 3 on the Richter scale would be

ignored

This type of volcano has not erupted for a long time and may or may not erupt again

Dormant

A rift valley is the reverse of this type of mountain

fault block

Gravity causes materials to pile up in mounds called what

Talus

The motion of these waves is similar to that of ocean waves

L

These waves cause side to side movement

s

These are elevated landforms that are flat rather than peaked

plateaus

This kind of mountain has weathered and rounded peaks and gentle slopes

mature

This type of magma is thick moves slowly and does not flow well

felsic

This is the second era in geologic time

Paleozoic

A volcano formed over time from thousands of lava eruptions that deposit layer after layer of new crust

shield

This layer of the crust is made of granite

continental crust

What is current era today

The current era today is Cenozoic

This instrument is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake.

Seismometer

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