Lesson 5 Flashcards

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1
Q

Forces of compression as it is along colliding plate boundaries

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Folding

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2
Q

Upturned folds

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Anticlines

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3
Q

Downturned folds

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Synclines

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4
Q

Sides of the folds

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Limbs

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5
Q

Imaginary plane dives the fold in half

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Axial planes

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6
Q

Near vertical axial planes.

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Symmetrical folds

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7
Q

Axial plane is inclined

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Asymmetrical folds

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8
Q

Compression is more pronounced from one direction

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Overturned folds

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9
Q

Pressure may lay the fold over horizontal to the aurface

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Recumbent fold

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10
Q

Plane extends into earth and along which slippage occurs

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Fault plane

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11
Q

Length of the folds is tilted

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Plunging fold

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12
Q

Enormous stress builds and push large intact rock

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Faulting

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13
Q

Indicates the attitude or position of linear structural features

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Strike

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14
Q

Moves horizontally, vertically, or both direction

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Hanging wall

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15
Q

Below the fault plane. Extends below a diagonal fault line

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Footwall

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16
Q

Steep of an exposed block

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Fault scarp

17
Q

Trace of the fault along the surface

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Fault line