Question

15) Compare and contrast the tectonics of the Zagros Mountains of Iran and the Basin and Range province of Utah. Representative samples of the landscape of both sites are outlined in blue as the next two stops on the tour. How did they form?

Group of answer choices

Both the Zagros Mountains and the Basin & Range are compressional, as indicated by anticlines and synclines at each site.

Both the Zagros Mountains and the Basin & Range are extensional, as indicated by fault-block mountains at each site.

The Zagros Mountains are compressional, as indicated by anticlines and synclines. The Basin & Range, on the other hand, is caused by extensional tectonics, as indicated by the fault-block mountains there.

The Zagros Mountains are caused by extensional tectonics, as indicated by the fault-block mountains there. The Basin & Range, on the other hand, is compressional, as indicated by anticlines and synclines.

Answer 1

option (c) is correct he Zagros Mountains are compressional, as licated by anticlines & syncines. The Basin range, on the other hand is caused by extensional tectonics, as Indicated by the fault block mountains here. & Zagrox Mountains It is situated in Iran. It formed due to the collision of two tectonic plates namely Eurasian Plote and Adation Plate in the Miocene period. That's why Collisional compressional geology. & The basin range & It is located in Western United States and Northwest mexico. It formed due to the lithosphere thining and extension of the plate- That's why extensional feature geologly like listric normal faulting is common.