GEOL 101 EXAM 3
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| show | micas
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| _____ is an erosional contact between tilted, older strata below and horizontal, younger strata above. | show 🗑
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| show | a fold in which the strata dip toward the axis
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| The ____ earthquake was accompanied by extensive fire damage. | show 🗑
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| What two, metamorphic rocks are composed predominantly of single minerals? | show 🗑
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| Sandstone strata and a mass of granite are observed to be in contact. Which of the following statements is correct geologically? | show 🗑
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| show | mainly normal faulting as East Africa begins to fragment
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| Which one of the following best characterizes tsunamis? | show 🗑
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| What is the major source of heat for contact metamorphism? | show 🗑
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| Assume that man's recorded history can be stretched back to 4600 years before the present. This is approximately what fraction of geologic time? | show 🗑
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| show | an uplifted block bounded by two normal faults
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| show | elastic strain
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| ____ is typically formed by metamorphism of a sandstone. | show 🗑
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| Which of the following denotes the divisions of the geologic time scale in correct order of decreasing lengths of time beginning with the longest time interval and ending with the shortest? | show 🗑
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| show | a low-angle, reverse fault
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| The epicenter of an earthquake is the ____. | show 🗑
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| show | shallow depths
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| Which of the following lists the rocks in the order of increasing grain size and increasing grade of metamorphism? | show 🗑
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| Visualize five, horizontal, sedimentary strata exposed in a cliff or canyon wall identified by consecutive numbers, 1 being the lowest bed and 5 being the highest. Which of the following statements concerning the strata are true? | show 🗑
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| show | San Andreas strike-slip fault
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| show | seismograph; Richter
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| ___ is characterized by the segregation of light- and dark-colored minerals into thin layers or bands. | show 🗑
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| The half-life of carbon-14 is about 6000 years. Assume that a sample of charcoal is formed by burning of living wood 15,000 years ago. How much of the original carbon-14 would remain today? | show 🗑
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| ____ in layered sedimentary rocks are evidence for horizontal compression and shortening. | show 🗑
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| show | aftershocks
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| show | Marble
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| show | 4.5 billion years
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| show | tensional stresses and normal-fault movements
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| show | are faster than S waves and surface waves
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| Which of the following would exhibit sheared and mechanically fragmented rocks? | show 🗑
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| ____ refers to the process of fossilization where the internal cavities and pores of the orginal organism are filled with precipitated mineral matter. | show 🗑
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| In a(n) ____ fault, the hanging wall block move up with respect to the footwall block. | show 🗑
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| show | 10 times
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| show | the organism only lived for a short period of geologic time
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| A deeply eroded, structural basin would exhibit ____. | show 🗑
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| show | bedrock
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| show | law of superposition
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| show | lead
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