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Subduction of the ________ Plate Beneath the North American Plate

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Subduction of the ________ Plate beneath the North American Plate at approximately 60 million years ago resulted in the ________ Orogeny that created the Rocky Mountains.


A) Pacific; Taconic
B) South American; Nevadan
C) Farallon; Laramide
D) African; Alleghanian

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