ASBOG FG Exam Questions And Answers

ASBOG FG Exam Questions And Answers Calculate the dip from 3 points of differing elevation. - ANS-Tan(dip angle)=rise/run ; rise=high-low point; run=map distance between high and low point. Calculate the dip between 3 points, 2 of which are equal elevation. - ANS-Tan(dip angle)=rise/run; rise=high-low point; run=map distance of perpendicular line drawn from line connecting points of = elevation to low point. Dip-slip fault - ANS-a fault where the movement is parallel to the dip of the fault such as normal, reverse, or listric Fenster - ANS-A "window" into rocks underlying a thrust fault Growth Fault - ANS-A fault that forms contemporaneously with deposition in sedimentary rock. The throw increases with depth and the sedimentary units on the downthrown side are thicker than the corresponding units on the upthrown side Heave - ANS-The amount of horizontal displacement on a fault Klippe - ANS-An outlier of a thrust sheet completely surrounded by the exposed fault Listric fault - ANS-A fault with a curved fault plane. Near the surface the fault plane is steeply dipping, but it becomes progressively flatter with depth. Listric faults may be normal or reverse. Net Slip - ANS-T