Part 3: Examining a Geologic Cross-Section Figure 5 is a cross-section of the Al
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Part 3: Examining a Geologic Cross-Section Figure 5 is a cross-section of the Albuquerque region. Please review and answer the following East West Sandia Mountains-10 volcanoes 10 sedimentary sedmentary Mesapoie grante Figure 5. A cross-section of the Albuquerque region from the Rio Puerco on the west to the Sandia Mountains on the east. Cs-otion adged andComellS.D 20 f e 8. What are the primary types of faults shown in the cross-section? nelmal and Reverse Favlts 9. What kind of stress produces the faults shown in the cross-section? 10. Which fault(s) may have been a pathway for rising magma crupted to form the Albuquerque volcanoes? 11. When did most of the faults form?Explanation / Answer
8. Maximum the area shown in the cross-section are normal faults.
9. Tensional stress create rocks pulling apart from each other.
10. Strike-slip faults and Normal faults
11. Faults formed in Quaternary period