Chapter 1. Gervais Animation Activities

18.16 Mesa and Butte Formation

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Where does mesa-and-butte terrain most commonly form?

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Which of the following geologic process created the plateaus commonly observed in the southwestern United States?

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What forms the canyons that are observed in many places in the southwestern United States?

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Why do the tops of buttes remain in place while many other rocks succumb to the forces of weathering?

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