Correlation Course Day 1 Flashcards
The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of the
greenschist facies
___________ is now used as an industrial substitute for asbestos.
Wollastonite
A well fully penetrates a confined aquifer and has a drawdown of 27 feet. The theoretical drawdown calculated from a distance-drawdown curve is 18 feet. What is the well efficiency?
67%
A braided stream usually indicates that the stream:
has greater load than capacity
Which deposit is most closely associated with rare earths?
a fissure vein of gold-quartz
The in-place granular disintegration product of granite is called:
grus
Interpretation of stereo-paired aerial photographs is NOT helpful when evaluating a site for:
a. high ground water conditions
b. landslide hazards
c. potential groundwater contaminant sources
d. contaminant plume migration in a confined aquifer
d. contaminant plume migration in a confined aquifer
Which of the following instrument types is NOT appropriate for measuring differential movement across a landslide slip surface?
a. linear variable differential transformers
b. load cells
c. extensometer
d. inclinometer
d. inclinometer
In an unconfined aquifer what would the specific yield be if the porosity was 0.3 and the effective porosity was 0.18?
0.18
Given 0.65 ft^3 of a soil sample weighing 36.2 lbs, with a moisture content of 15% what is the dry density of the soil?
a. 64.0 lbs/ft^3
b. 48.4 lbs/ft^3
c. 47.3 lbs/ft^3
d. 30.77 lbs/ft^3
What geophysical technique would you use to investigate a skarn?
magnetics
Caves found within limestone result from:
slowly circulating water below the water table
plagioclase,quarz,biotite, hornblende would most likely be found in a;
dacite
what are oscillatory waves in inland bodies of water called?
seiches
convergent plate margins are characetrized by
melanges of feldspathic sandstone, siltstone and shale
sphalerite, willemite, and smithsonite are all;
zinc ores
Given a bed with an orientation of N65 degrees W, 25 degrees S, what is the corresponding atttitude?
25 degrees , S25 degrees W
A soil material with a porosity of 50% would
be classified as CL
As defined by Richter on a Wood-Anderson seismograph, what is the difference in amplitude between a magnitude 6 and 8 earthquake?
100
what would NOT be the expected origin of a mercury deposit?
a. epithermal
b. elastic sedimentation
c. weathering
d. volcanogenic
c. weathering
What type of water has never been circulated in the hydrologic cycle?
a. connate
b. fossil
c. confined
d. juvenile
d. juvenile
Which of the following is NOT true of a sedimentary facies?
a. mineralogy, grain size and color can vary laterally
b. lithofacies and biofacies are two aspects of sedimentary facies that may not result in the same classification
c. fossil remnants will be consistent throughout the facies
d. the subdivision of a sedimentary unit can be based on the biofacies without concern for the lithology
c. fossil remnants will be consistent throughout the facies
Settlement calculations are based on data obtained from which of these laboratory test?
a. direct shear
b. permeability
c. consolidation
d. compaction
c. consolidation
Name three main physical properties of rocks which are logged by wirelines
electrical, nuclear, acoustic
the inverse order of evaporite deposition is:
sylvite, halite, anhydrite, calcite
What is the most common of all factors leading to slope instability?
removal of lateral support
ground-penetrating radar is useful for determining;
locations of buried objects
contamination of ground water from nonhazardous landfill operations can:
a. be controlled by lining the base of the landfill with a material with permeability <10^-6 cm/sec
b. be reduced by locating a landfill substantially above the water table
c. result from downward migration of leachate
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
two isotopes often used for age dating ground water are:
tritium and carbon
storage coefficient or storativity in an unconfined aquifer is equal to
specific yield
you need to represent the information you obtained during a field investigation of a site that is one square mile, that included mapping of your site as well as subsurface exploration results. What do you need to do to the base map at a scale of 1:15,000 to make it to work?
use a large scale map because it covers a smaller area
soft sediments are best sampled with a _ to obtain undisturbed samples
shelby tube
which of the following is NOT typical of glacial deposits?
a. unstratified, unsorted, heterogenous mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel, and boulders
b. elongated ellipsoidal hillsides
c. a pile of rocks at the base of a steep slope
d. stratified serpentine shaped deposits
c. a pile of rocks at the base of a steep slope
Each magnitude releases how much more energy than the previous magnitude?
32
which geophysical technique would NOT be used to investigate a massive sulfide ore body?
a. seismic refraction
b. gravity
c. induced polarization
d. resistivity
a. seismic refraction
what does a slug test measure?
localized values of permeability
which trap is not exclusively as a stratigraphic trap for petroleum?
a. pinchout
b. solution cavities
c. diping homocline
d. shoestring sand
c. diping homocline
when is gravel pack used?
when there are fine-grained sediments
which of the following contributes to reduced shear strength in a potentially unstable slope?
a. removal of underlying suport
b. disturbance of sensitive materials
c. surcharging
d. lateral pressure
b. disturbance of sensitive materials
groundwater that flows through different pores at different rates and flow paths that vary in lengths caused by:
dispersion