ASBOG Chapter 3 Map and Cross-Section Interpretation Exam Review

ASBOG Chapter 3: Map and Cross-Section Interpretation Exam Review Blind Thrust - ANS-A thrust fault that does not reach the ground surface Detachment Fault - ANS-A low-angle normal fault associated with regional extension Dip-slip Fault - ANS-A fault in which the movement is parallel to the dip of the fault plane, such as a normal, reverse, or listric fault Fenster - ANS-A "window" into rocks underlying a thrust fault Footwall Block - ANS-A block that underlies a non-vertical fault Ga - ANS-One billion years; abbreviation for Giga-annum GIS - ANS-A computer-based tool for mapping, analyzing, and visualizing geographically referenced data; abbreviation for Geographic Information System GPS - ANS-A radio navigation system that determines the exact location, time, and velocity (for triangulation); abbreviation for Global Positioning System 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 Hanging-wall Block - ANS-The block that overlies a non-vertical fault Heave - ANS-The amount of horizontal displacement on a fault Ka - ANS-