GeoJeopardy! Fridays #55

Time for GeoJeopardy! Fridays, because I am coming home from Europe today. But due to flying all day the answers to this week as well as the last 2 will be posted tomorrow (most likely).

- Geology -

At the mouth of the Mississippi River, this major class of rock is said to be more than 40,000 feet thick

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Intense glaciation has formed these long, steep-sided coastal inlets; the ones in Norway & Chile are especially deep

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This landmark in Rio's Guanabara Bay is an example of an inselberg, or "island mountain"

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This crater is formed when a volcano explodes & the cone collapses; Oregon's Crater Lake is an example

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Meaning "rock globe", it's the layer of rock encompassing the crust & outermost part of the upper mantle

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All the answers as well as any other previous GeoJeopardy! questions can be found over at my website by clicking the link.  (Remember the answers will be posted ~July 16th)

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