Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

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ISBN: 9780134746241

Author: Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 3.1, Problem 2A

Use an atlas or your textbook to label the deep-ocean trenches on Figure 3.21. using the letter associated with each of the following trenches:

A.	Puerto Rico	E.	Mariana	I.	Tonga
B.	Aleutian	F.	South Sandwich	J.	Java(Sunda)
C.	Peru-Chile	G.	Kuril	K.	Philippine
D.	Middle American	H.	Japan	L.	Kermadec

Chapter 3.1, Problem 2A, Use an atlas or your textbook to label the deep-ocean trenches on Figure 3.21. using the letter

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