CORRELATION COURSE (DAY 1) Final Exam Flashcards
The average geothermal gradient of the Earth is:
25 degrees Celcius/km
A break that separates older metamorphic rocks from younger sedimentary rocks immediately above them is a type of unconformity called a(n) ____________
Nonconformity
This refer to a block of rock bounded by mineral veins or thrust faults. Stacks of this feature are called as
Horse ; Duplexes
What is the average thickness of the inner core?
1,278 km
When did coral reefs first appeared?
485 mya
Also known as stony corals
Scleractinia
The deepest lake in the Philippines is ___________________. It is formed by ___________________ forces.
Lake Mainit ; transtensional
It refers to the process of shoreline migration out of a basin and onto land during retrogradation
Transgression
Right-lateral faults are also known as
Dextral Faults
According to William Moris Davis, it is the ultimate stage of landform evolution.
Peneplain
It is dubbed as the twin planet of Earth.
Venus
These are wedge-shaped fluvial landforms developing adjacent to channels in response to changes in depositional energy attributed to episodes of flooding.
Natural Levees
Smoothly polished surfaces caused by fault movement are called
Slickensides
These are pressure dissolution seams.
Stylolites
Thick successions of interbedded shale and sandstone are called as ________. They are normal graded beds that progress from deep-water and turbidity flow deposits to shallow-water shales and sandstones.
Flysch
Sigma 1 along reverse faults are oriented
horizontal inward
It is a coastal landform characterized by beach deposits that project narrowly towards the sea and is tied to the coast at one end.
Spit
Suppose that you conducted exploratory drilling on a moderately sloping hillslope, that is proximal from an identified intrusive body, and subsequently encountered a tilted mineralized carbonate unit. Determine the structure’s strike and dip using the following data:
Drill Hole: EDH-1, EDH-2, EDH-3
Elevation (masl): 300, 200, 180
Location: 100 m due West of EDH-2, 100 m due East of EDH-1, 250 m due South of EDH-1
Depth to Structure: 30 m, 55 m, 35 m
N 21.8 degrees E, 53.39 degrees SE
It is a structural landform that is characterized as having asymmetric ridges with one long gentle slope (<20 degrees) generally coinciding with the dip of the resistant beds.
Cuesta
Possible age of oldest oceanic crust?
> 200 myo
It is a carbonate texture classification scheme that is based on depositional texture and mud content.
Dunham
It is an isostatic model that assumes that the Earth’s lithosphere, its outermost shell, is a series of blocks of constant density. While the density remains the same, the thickness of these blocks varies.
Airy’s
It is the oldest intact rock found in Earth reaching up to 4.02 billion years old.
Acasta Gneiss
These dunes develop through the saltation of sand grains up their gentle sloping windward slope, and settle by the angle of repose down the leeward or slipface.
Barchan