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Geol 1404 Ch 11

Test 3

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Which of the following occurred during the Late Paleozoic Era? a. amalgamation of Pangea b. glacial epochs c. orogenic events d. climactic extremes ALL
The periods of the Late Paleozoic include all of the following except: a. Silurian b. Mississippian c. Devonian d. Permian e. Pennsylvanian a. Silurian
With movement of Gondwana over the South Pole, extensive glaciation occurred during the Carboniferous
Which of the following is indicative of uniformly mist, warm climate during the Carboniferous on North America and Western Europe NONE
The occurrence of widespread desert conditions during the Permian was probably related to assembly of Pangea
The Kaskaskia sequence can be identified by the presence of the basal well-sorted quarts sandstones
The most useful criteria to distinguish Kaskaskia carbonate sequence on the craton from Tippecanoe carbonate sequences would include fossil assemblage
Which of the following is NOT essential in the formation of black shale units aerobic bottom water
The Mississippian Period is characterized by carbonate deposition following black shale deposition
The depositional environment of Mississippian carbonates is analogous to which of the modern settings: Bahama Banks
In North America, the time break between the MIssissippian and Pennsylvanian Periods is marked by an erosional unconformity
The collision of an island arc with the western margin of North American during the Late Devonian and Early Mississippian caused the ___ orogeny Antler
The Ouachita system changed in terms of style of sedimentation from a passive margin to an active margin in the Mississippian
At the end of the Permian, the suture between Gondwana and Laurasia was marked by a continuous mountain chain with which three mobile belts? Ouachita, Appalachian, Hercynian
The Acadian orogeny occurred as a result of oceanic-continent collision followed by continent-continent collision
The orogenies that made the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern US occurred as a result of oceanic-continent collision
Absolute ages for the Acadian orogeny have been obtained from: radiometric ages on metamorphic rocks and radiometric ages on igneous rocks
Most of the productive coal beds of Paleozoic age are found in rocks formed during the Pennsylvanian
Which of the following would you NOT expect to see in an environment that favors the production of black shales: medium-velocity current
One of the economic resources to come from the black shales is uranium
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