ConcepTest: Fault Scarp

ConcepTest questions by David McConnell, David Steer ( This site may be offline. ) , Walter Borowski, Jeffrey Dick, Annabelle Foos, Jeffrey Knott, Alvin Konigsberg, Michelle Malone, Heidi McGrew, Kathie Owens, and Stephen Van Horn
This material was originally created for Starting Point:Introductory Geology
and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.

Initial Publication Date: May 8, 2006
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Question:

Examine the image below that shows the flank of the Grand Teton mountain range of northwestern Wyoming. Which location represents a fault scarp in the picture?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Grand Teton Fault Scarp

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