Multiple Choice
What geologic setting is expressed by the formation of the Sierra Nevada and adjacent features? 
A) a continental collision east of (to the right of) the Sierra Nevada
B) an ocean-continent convergent zone
C) a continental rifting event east of (to the right of) the Sierra Nevada
D) continental rifting west (to the left of) of the Sierra Nevada
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