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Author: Bill Tillery, Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater
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Chapter 18, Problem 48AC
Which type of plate boundary accounts for the formation of the Appalachian Mountains?
a. Divergent
b. Ocean to continental convergence
c. Continental to continental convergence
d. Transform
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