Question #7
(maps taken from Bob Newton's Smith College Geomorphology web site: www.science.smith.edu/geology/geomorph/Structure.html)

 

This is a topographic map of tilted rock layers, similar to those seen in the Freemont County, WY photos seen in question #6.

What is the dip direction of these units?

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