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Flatirons - Wind River Mountains, WY. The Problem 1 polygon highlights a single flatiron in a tilted region composed of numerous flatirons (some small with narrow, pointed tips and some large with broad, rounded tips) on the northeastern flank of the Wind River Mountains uplift in Wyoming. Rotate the view so that you are looking directly down on the flatiron with north at the top. Which direction are the rock layers dipping

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Answer:

They are dipping in the north eastern direction.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Wind river range is a range of the rocky mountains in western Wyoming. They are primary made up of granitic batholith which is granitic rock formed deep under the surface of the earth.
Flatirons - Wind River Mountains, WY. The Problem 1 polygon highlights a single flatiron-example-1
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