Question

question 2 (20 points) listen the great basin region between the eastern sierra nevada in california and the wasatch mountains in utah __________ in response to plate - tectonic forces. has expanded in a north - south direction is a subduction zone has compressed in an east - west direction has expanded in an east - west direction

Explanation:

The Great Basin region is affected by tectonic forces. The Basin and Range Province (where Great Basin is) has extensional tectonics, leading to east - west expansion as the crust stretches. A subduction zone involves one plate going under another, not the case here. North - south expansion doesn't match the tectonic regime, and compression would be opposite of the extensional forces here. So the correct option is the one about east - west expansion.

Answer:

D. has expanded in an east - west direction