This is the best definition of \"jointing\": silts and clays, sometimes sand, mo

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This is the best definition of "jointing": silts and clays, sometimes sand, most of what a stream is carrying in its flow glacial erosion, pulling loose rocks and boulders as the glacier advances breaks in rock, but no significant movement along the breaks a desert surface made of exposed masses of solid rock Air forced to move over mountain is most closely associated with which type of lifting? convection hydrologic Convergence orographic Which of these is most likely to be depicted on a topographic map? population at the county level atmospheric pressure oil pipelines microwaves The predominant pressure regime along the Equator is: low pressure high pressure there is no predominant pressure regime along the Equator The arrival of a cold front brings mild weather gentle rains higher temperatures cumulonimbus clouds Which of the following occurs most frequently? a hurricane a tropical storm a tropical depression an easterly wave The cloud form that is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky is termed: cirrus alto cumulus stratus A metamorphic rock: forms from existing rock that has been reduced in size to particles or into ions in water forms from the cooling of molten rock or magma, either inside Earth or on Earth's surface forms from an existing rock exposed to great pressure inside Earth, without melting

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23) c. breaks in rock, but no significant movement along the breaks. It is a kind of fracture dividing rock into two blocks that have not moved away from each other. So we can not identify any displacemet between the jointing of the two blocks.

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