| Consider the following statements about Epeirogenic movements. |
| 1. These are horizontal movements caused by tangential forces. |
| 2. They cause large scale upliftment, subsidence or submergence and emergence of the land areas. |
| 3. These movements are rather quick and widespread and fracturing and folding is produced in the rock. |
| Which of the statements) given above is/are correct? |
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) 1 and 3
D) All of these
Correct Answer: B
Solution :
[b] Epeirogenic movements are vertical movements, caused by radial forces and characterised by slow, widespread, large-scale upliftment, subsidence or submergence and emergence of the land areas. Orogenic movements are horizontal movements caused by tangential forces and involve intense folding, trusting, faulting and uplift of narrow belts.
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