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Plate 10.2
Basin-range structures produced by asymmetrical
extensional rifting in Nevada. Two parallel ranges, formed by
the rising leading edge of rotating fault blocks, separate two
basins occupied by lakes. The rear lake has evaporated,
leaving a saline floor.
Photo: Ken Addison.
Plate 10.3
Coast of the Antrim basalt plateau, Northern
Ireland, around Benbane Head and Giant's Causeway, where
individual, near horizontal flood basalts form prominent
