Final Exam Geology 101 TAMU (2025) EXAM QUESTIONS AND ALL CORRECT
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Terms in this set (150)
Refers to all changes in the size, shape, or position of a rock
Deformation
body in response to stress.
Confining pressure equal in all directions, associated with the weight of the overlaying
rocks.
Differential stress not equal in all directions, associated with tectonic activity.
can any rock deform in a brittle Any rock can deform in a brittle or ductile manner,
or ductile manner? depending on the conditions of the deformation.
What are the main factors that Temperature, confining pressure, Time (strain rate)
affect rock deformation?
Anticlines are upfolded or arched rock layers.
Synclines are downfolded or tough-like rick layers.
Domes are upward circular or oval structures.
Basins are downwarped circular or oval structures.
Fault Are fractures along which displacement has occurred.
Normal fault the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.
Reverse fault hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
Thrust faults reverse faults that have dip angles less than 45 degrees.
Strike-slip faults displacement is horizontal, parallel to the strike of the fault.
In general, most of Earth's by tectonic plate activity. Subduction zones, Continential
mountain belts have been collision zones, and divergent margins.
produced by what?
Mountainous volcanic chain of islands & volcanic growth
Island arc-type mountain
building triggered by partial melting in the mantle wedge above
the subjected zone.
Subduction beneath a continent, long lasting igneous
Andean-type mountain building activity, & volcanic mountain growth is triggered by partial
melting in the mantle wedge and lower congenital crust.
Ex: Andes Mountains
Alpine-type mountain building The Himalaya Mountains and the Appalachians. large
(and 2 examples) mountain chains formed by compressional stresses
associated with continental convergence.
the collision of volcanic islands arcs or small slivers of
Cordilleran-type mountain
continental crust with the edge of a continental crust with
, building (and 1 example in North the edge of continent to form mountainous regions. The
America) north American cordillera along the west coast of the
continent.
continental rifting is typically the initial phase in
Mountain building in divergent
margins development of a divergent plate margin. Ex: the Teton
Mountains
Isostasy the principle that the crust floats in gravitational balance with the
mantle below.
In what types of geologic if weight is adde to or removed from the crust, isostatic
environments do isostatic adjustment will take place as the crust sinks or rises in
adjustments take place? response.
What is an earthquake? sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by slip along a fault.
earthquakes are caused but the sudden release of
What is elastic rebound theory?
accumulated strain energy in rocks
focus of an earthquake the site on the fault surface where rupture and energy release begin.
epicenter of an earthquake the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus.
What is seismology? is the study of earthquake waves
What are seismographs instruments that record ground shaking of earthquakes
seismograms the graphical record of ground shaking
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED AND GUARANTEED SUCCESS!!
Terms in this set (150)
Refers to all changes in the size, shape, or position of a rock
Deformation
body in response to stress.
Confining pressure equal in all directions, associated with the weight of the overlaying
rocks.
Differential stress not equal in all directions, associated with tectonic activity.
can any rock deform in a brittle Any rock can deform in a brittle or ductile manner,
or ductile manner? depending on the conditions of the deformation.
What are the main factors that Temperature, confining pressure, Time (strain rate)
affect rock deformation?
Anticlines are upfolded or arched rock layers.
Synclines are downfolded or tough-like rick layers.
Domes are upward circular or oval structures.
Basins are downwarped circular or oval structures.
Fault Are fractures along which displacement has occurred.
Normal fault the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.
Reverse fault hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
Thrust faults reverse faults that have dip angles less than 45 degrees.
Strike-slip faults displacement is horizontal, parallel to the strike of the fault.
In general, most of Earth's by tectonic plate activity. Subduction zones, Continential
mountain belts have been collision zones, and divergent margins.
produced by what?
Mountainous volcanic chain of islands & volcanic growth
Island arc-type mountain
building triggered by partial melting in the mantle wedge above
the subjected zone.
Subduction beneath a continent, long lasting igneous
Andean-type mountain building activity, & volcanic mountain growth is triggered by partial
melting in the mantle wedge and lower congenital crust.
Ex: Andes Mountains
Alpine-type mountain building The Himalaya Mountains and the Appalachians. large
(and 2 examples) mountain chains formed by compressional stresses
associated with continental convergence.
the collision of volcanic islands arcs or small slivers of
Cordilleran-type mountain
continental crust with the edge of a continental crust with
, building (and 1 example in North the edge of continent to form mountainous regions. The
America) north American cordillera along the west coast of the
continent.
continental rifting is typically the initial phase in
Mountain building in divergent
margins development of a divergent plate margin. Ex: the Teton
Mountains
Isostasy the principle that the crust floats in gravitational balance with the
mantle below.
In what types of geologic if weight is adde to or removed from the crust, isostatic
environments do isostatic adjustment will take place as the crust sinks or rises in
adjustments take place? response.
What is an earthquake? sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by slip along a fault.
earthquakes are caused but the sudden release of
What is elastic rebound theory?
accumulated strain energy in rocks
focus of an earthquake the site on the fault surface where rupture and energy release begin.
epicenter of an earthquake the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus.
What is seismology? is the study of earthquake waves
What are seismographs instruments that record ground shaking of earthquakes
seismograms the graphical record of ground shaking
