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Broad up warps in the basement rock may deform the overlying
sedimentary cover strata to generate large elliptical to circular folds
called ________.
A) anticlines
B) domes
C) doubly plunging synclines
D) monoclines - ANSWERS-B
A ________ is a prominent angular ridge formed by the differential
erosion of tilted, alternating hard and soft strata.
A) mesa
B) wadi
C) hogback
D) scarp face - ANSWERS-C
A ________ is a planar fracture in rock along which there has been no
displacement.
A) joint
B) shear zone
C) monocline
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D) transformed crack - ANSWERS-A
Which statement is not true about joints?
A) can result from igneous cooling
B) can result from unloading of exposed batholiths
C) can result from ductile deformation
D) can result from tension near fold axes - ANSWERS-C
Vertical displacements along dip-slip faults can produce long low breaks
in the landscape or cliffs called________, that can show the relative
sense of motion across the fault.
A) dipsy-doodles
B) fault scarps
C) hanging walls
D) strike hurdles - ANSWERS-B
There were 11 earthquakes M>6.9 on the San Andreas Fault between
1812 and 1994. On average, how many years pass between earthquakes
of this size, somewhere along the fault?
A) 16.5 years
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B) 1.65 years
C) 165 years
D) 1650 years - ANSWERS-A
Which one of the following would not be a characteristic of the San
Andreas fault zone?
A) steep, near vertical, dip-slip, fault scarps
B) sag ponds
C) deformed, broken, and pulverized bedrock
D) laterally offset stream channels - ANSWERS-A
n a normal fault ________.
A) the hanging wall block, below an inclined fault plane, moves
downward relative to the other block
B) the footwall block, below an inclined fault plane, moves downward
relative to the other block
C) the hanging wall block, above an inclined fault plane, moves
downward relative to the other block
D) the footwall block, above an inclined fault plane, moves upward
relative to the other block - ANSWERS-C
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A horst is ________.
A) an uplifted block bounded by two normal faults
B) a down dropped block bounded by two reverse faults
C) an uplifted block bounded by two reverse faults
D) an inflexible square head surrounded by immovable faults -
ANSWERS-A
________ are the products of horizontally directed, tensional stresses.
A) Normal faults
B) Crustal thickening
C) Reverse faults
D) Thrust faults - ANSWERS-A
A reverse fault is one in which ________.
A) the hanging wall block has moved up relative to the footwall block
along an inclined fault
B) the block above the fault plane has moved backwards with respect to
the other block
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Broad up warps in the basement rock may deform the overlying
sedimentary cover strata to generate large elliptical to circular folds
called ________.
A) anticlines
B) domes
C) doubly plunging synclines
D) monoclines - ANSWERS-B
A ________ is a prominent angular ridge formed by the differential
erosion of tilted, alternating hard and soft strata.
A) mesa
B) wadi
C) hogback
D) scarp face - ANSWERS-C
A ________ is a planar fracture in rock along which there has been no
displacement.
A) joint
B) shear zone
C) monocline
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D) transformed crack - ANSWERS-A
Which statement is not true about joints?
A) can result from igneous cooling
B) can result from unloading of exposed batholiths
C) can result from ductile deformation
D) can result from tension near fold axes - ANSWERS-C
Vertical displacements along dip-slip faults can produce long low breaks
in the landscape or cliffs called________, that can show the relative
sense of motion across the fault.
A) dipsy-doodles
B) fault scarps
C) hanging walls
D) strike hurdles - ANSWERS-B
There were 11 earthquakes M>6.9 on the San Andreas Fault between
1812 and 1994. On average, how many years pass between earthquakes
of this size, somewhere along the fault?
A) 16.5 years
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B) 1.65 years
C) 165 years
D) 1650 years - ANSWERS-A
Which one of the following would not be a characteristic of the San
Andreas fault zone?
A) steep, near vertical, dip-slip, fault scarps
B) sag ponds
C) deformed, broken, and pulverized bedrock
D) laterally offset stream channels - ANSWERS-A
n a normal fault ________.
A) the hanging wall block, below an inclined fault plane, moves
downward relative to the other block
B) the footwall block, below an inclined fault plane, moves downward
relative to the other block
C) the hanging wall block, above an inclined fault plane, moves
downward relative to the other block
D) the footwall block, above an inclined fault plane, moves upward
relative to the other block - ANSWERS-C
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A horst is ________.
A) an uplifted block bounded by two normal faults
B) a down dropped block bounded by two reverse faults
C) an uplifted block bounded by two reverse faults
D) an inflexible square head surrounded by immovable faults -
ANSWERS-A
________ are the products of horizontally directed, tensional stresses.
A) Normal faults
B) Crustal thickening
C) Reverse faults
D) Thrust faults - ANSWERS-A
A reverse fault is one in which ________.
A) the hanging wall block has moved up relative to the footwall block
along an inclined fault
B) the block above the fault plane has moved backwards with respect to
the other block
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