Exam 14: Mesozoic Earth History

Compare and contrast sedimentation in the Sundance Sea and the Cretaceous Interior Seaway in the Mesozoic.

The Morrison Formation contains one of the richest assemblages of mammal fossils.

What are four clues that can help geologists recognize a terrane?

Mountain building in western North America did not begin until the Late Cretaceous Period.

The mountain building events of the west coast that began in the Jurassic and continued into the Cenozoic are collectively called the ____.

After the Gulf of Mexico began to form in the Late Triassic, the shallow restricted basin became the site of extensive ____________________ deposition.

Discuss the role that accretion of terranes played in the development of North America.

The separation of North America and Africa resulted in the formation of _____ along the eastern coast.

Sediments of the eastern continental shelf are derived from erosion of the Appalachian Mountains.

Evaporites formed in the rift zones between continents as Pangaea broke apart.