Quiz number 10 Geology – Flashcards
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an uplifted block bounded by two normal faults.
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A horst is____.
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a fold in which the strata dip toward the axis.
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A syncline is____.
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The deeper strata
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Which of the following is true for anticlines but not for synclines?
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horizontally directed compressive stresses
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Which of the following stress situation results in folding of flat-lying, sedimentary strata?
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steep. near verticle
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Which of the following would not be a characteristic of the San Andreas fault zone?
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Normal faults
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_______are the products of Horizontally directed, tensional stresses.
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cooler temperatures
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Brittle deformation would be favored over plastic deformation in which of the following conditions?
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San Andreas strike slip fault
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The________ in California is the boundary between the North American and Pacific plate?
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Strike slip
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A ____ fault has little or no vertical movements of the two block.
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A long angle reverse fault
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A thrust fault is the best described as ?
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steep, near vertical ,dip slip fault scarps
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Which one of the following would not be a characteristic of the San Andreas fault zone?
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reverse
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In a_______ fault, the hanging wall block move up with respect to the footwall block.
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cooler temperatures
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Brittle deformation would be favored over plastic deformation in which of the following conditions?
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tensional stresses
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The mountains and valleys of the Basin and Range Province of the western United States formed in response to?
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a strike- slip fault that forms from the boundary
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A transform fault is?
