Anderson`s theory of faulting: In
... 2) To outline some obvious exceptions to Anderson’s theory and some possible explanations for how these exceptions work. 1. Anderson’s (1951) theory of faulting: Explain first two bullets, have students work out second two bullets. Surface of the earth is not confined, and essentially is not acted ...
... 2) To outline some obvious exceptions to Anderson’s theory and some possible explanations for how these exceptions work. 1. Anderson’s (1951) theory of faulting: Explain first two bullets, have students work out second two bullets. Surface of the earth is not confined, and essentially is not acted ...
EXAM 1 Review Sheet
... Be able to identify dipping structures in map view (by applying the rule of V’s. Are they steeply dipping, etc? Be able to identify unconformities in map view Same for intrusive relationships. ...
... Be able to identify dipping structures in map view (by applying the rule of V’s. Are they steeply dipping, etc? Be able to identify unconformities in map view Same for intrusive relationships. ...
L3_Plate Tec_Deformation
... Stress greater than elastic limit of rock (usually higher temperatures – deeper underground – stress applied slowly over long time) ...
... Stress greater than elastic limit of rock (usually higher temperatures – deeper underground – stress applied slowly over long time) ...
Word format
... B. (1) synclines; (2) anticlines C. (1) anticlines; (2) synclines D. (1) anticlines; (2) monoclines E. none of the above 25. The imaginary surface that passes through the center of a fold, between the two fold limbs is called a/an: A. fold axis B. axial trace C. plunge D. axial plane E. monocline 26 ...
... B. (1) synclines; (2) anticlines C. (1) anticlines; (2) synclines D. (1) anticlines; (2) monoclines E. none of the above 25. The imaginary surface that passes through the center of a fold, between the two fold limbs is called a/an: A. fold axis B. axial trace C. plunge D. axial plane E. monocline 26 ...
EXAM 3
... B. (1) synclines; (2) anticlines C. (1) anticlines; (2) synclines D. (1) anticlines; (2) monoclines E. none of the above 25. The imaginary surface that passes through the center of a fold, between the two fold limbs is called a/an: A. fold axis B. axial trace C. plunge D. axial plane E. monocline 26 ...
... B. (1) synclines; (2) anticlines C. (1) anticlines; (2) synclines D. (1) anticlines; (2) monoclines E. none of the above 25. The imaginary surface that passes through the center of a fold, between the two fold limbs is called a/an: A. fold axis B. axial trace C. plunge D. axial plane E. monocline 26 ...
Study guide - Earthquakes, volcanoes, fault types
... ... the 3 types of faults and the stress that produces each; know direction of each stress type ... the plate boundary that is associated with each fault type and example of each type of boundary ... difference between hanging wall and foot wall and be able to identify each in a fault diagram ... wh ...
... ... the 3 types of faults and the stress that produces each; know direction of each stress type ... the plate boundary that is associated with each fault type and example of each type of boundary ... difference between hanging wall and foot wall and be able to identify each in a fault diagram ... wh ...
RESTLESS EARTH
... : This occurs when rock layers bend due to stress in the Earth’s crust. Fault : The surface along which rocks break and slide past each other is called a fault . The position of the fault block determines whether it is a hanging wall or a footwall. Normal Fault : The movement of a normal fault ...
... : This occurs when rock layers bend due to stress in the Earth’s crust. Fault : The surface along which rocks break and slide past each other is called a fault . The position of the fault block determines whether it is a hanging wall or a footwall. Normal Fault : The movement of a normal fault ...
mountain building chapter 11 - NVHSEarthScienceKDudenhausen
... ______________faults – the movement is horizontal and parallel, caused by shear stress, San Andreas fault ______________ – most common rock structure, fractures along which no appreciable movement has occurred 5. Mountains – classified by the dominant processes that deformed them ______________ Mou ...
... ______________faults – the movement is horizontal and parallel, caused by shear stress, San Andreas fault ______________ – most common rock structure, fractures along which no appreciable movement has occurred 5. Mountains – classified by the dominant processes that deformed them ______________ Mou ...
Elements of Rock Mechanics
... directions (principal axes) For these directions, the stress force F is orthogonal to dS (that is, parallel to directional vectors n) With this choice of coordinate axes, the stress tensor is diagonal: ...
... directions (principal axes) For these directions, the stress force F is orthogonal to dS (that is, parallel to directional vectors n) With this choice of coordinate axes, the stress tensor is diagonal: ...
Mountain Buiiding Test
... b. by the eruption of magma from below Earth's sUiface. c. by pressure from magma below Earth's surface that does not erupt. d. by the collision of continental plates. 9. What force is exerted by the asthenosphere in isostatic adjustment? a. magnetism b. buoyancy c. gravity ...
... b. by the eruption of magma from below Earth's sUiface. c. by pressure from magma below Earth's surface that does not erupt. d. by the collision of continental plates. 9. What force is exerted by the asthenosphere in isostatic adjustment? a. magnetism b. buoyancy c. gravity ...
AICE Env Day 1 Types of Faults Foldable Booklet
... The fault plane in a reverse fault is also nearly vertical, but the hanging wall pushes up, and the footwall pushes down. This sort of fault forms where a plate is being compressed. A thrust fault moves the same way as a reverse fault, but at an angle of 45 degrees or less. In these faults, which ar ...
... The fault plane in a reverse fault is also nearly vertical, but the hanging wall pushes up, and the footwall pushes down. This sort of fault forms where a plate is being compressed. A thrust fault moves the same way as a reverse fault, but at an angle of 45 degrees or less. In these faults, which ar ...
Document
... forces act parallel to the surface, pushing in opposite directions, producing cutting instead of compression or tension ...
... forces act parallel to the surface, pushing in opposite directions, producing cutting instead of compression or tension ...
CHAPTER 9_Deformatio..
... ANS: Offset of layers on opposite sides of the fault, the development of drag folds along the fault interface, shattered rock (fault breccia), powdered rock (fault gouge), and slickensides (polished fault surfaces) are all clues used to identify faults. 8. Describe the differences among an anticline ...
... ANS: Offset of layers on opposite sides of the fault, the development of drag folds along the fault interface, shattered rock (fault breccia), powdered rock (fault gouge), and slickensides (polished fault surfaces) are all clues used to identify faults. 8. Describe the differences among an anticline ...
Chapter 11 Mountain Building
... Chapter 11 Mountain Building Summary 11.1 Forces in Earth’s Crust The factors that affect the deformation of rock include temperature, pressure, rock type, and time. • Deformation is any change in the original shape and/or size of a rock body. • Stress is the force per unit area acting on a solid. W ...
... Chapter 11 Mountain Building Summary 11.1 Forces in Earth’s Crust The factors that affect the deformation of rock include temperature, pressure, rock type, and time. • Deformation is any change in the original shape and/or size of a rock body. • Stress is the force per unit area acting on a solid. W ...
Earthquake
... • Hanging wall: The block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault • Footwall: The block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault ...
... • Hanging wall: The block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault • Footwall: The block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault ...
Practice09o
... 1. The general term for the change in shape of a rock when sufficient stress is applied is strain. True or False? 2. A rock that undergoes sufficient stress to change its original shape has exceeded its elastic limit. True or False? 3. Rocks in which plastic deformation occurs remain in their deform ...
... 1. The general term for the change in shape of a rock when sufficient stress is applied is strain. True or False? 2. A rock that undergoes sufficient stress to change its original shape has exceeded its elastic limit. True or False? 3. Rocks in which plastic deformation occurs remain in their deform ...
Footwall uplift during normal faulting
... Abstract: In recent years, studies of major normal faults in actively extending regions (Aegean, Basin and Range) have documented the vertical motions associated with normal faulting. In addition to the expected subsidence of the hanging wall, it has been found that uplift of the footwall occurs dur ...
... Abstract: In recent years, studies of major normal faults in actively extending regions (Aegean, Basin and Range) have documented the vertical motions associated with normal faulting. In addition to the expected subsidence of the hanging wall, it has been found that uplift of the footwall occurs dur ...
Chapter 11 vocab1
... Thrust faults - reverse faults with dips less than 45o. Strike-slip faults - faults in which the movement is horizontal and parallel to the trend, or strike, of the fault surface. Joints - fractures along which no appreciable movement has occurred. Orogenesis - the collection of processes that resul ...
... Thrust faults - reverse faults with dips less than 45o. Strike-slip faults - faults in which the movement is horizontal and parallel to the trend, or strike, of the fault surface. Joints - fractures along which no appreciable movement has occurred. Orogenesis - the collection of processes that resul ...
Earthquakes
... -Considered less accurate, because it uses eyewitness observations of damage to estimate the intensity of the quake. -The scale is from 0-10. Every whole number up on the scale represents an increase in energy of ten times more. ...
... -Considered less accurate, because it uses eyewitness observations of damage to estimate the intensity of the quake. -The scale is from 0-10. Every whole number up on the scale represents an increase in energy of ten times more. ...
Mountain Building DOC
... Chapter 11 Mountain Building Summary 11.1 Forces in Earth’s Crust The factors that affect the deformation of rock include temperature, pressure, rock type, and time. • Deformation is any change in the original shape and/or size of a rock body. • Stress is the force per unit area acting on a solid. W ...
... Chapter 11 Mountain Building Summary 11.1 Forces in Earth’s Crust The factors that affect the deformation of rock include temperature, pressure, rock type, and time. • Deformation is any change in the original shape and/or size of a rock body. • Stress is the force per unit area acting on a solid. W ...
stress that occurs when an object is squeezed
... The East African Rift is an active continental rift zone in eastern Africa. The rift is a narrow zone in which the African Plate is in the process of splitting into two new tectonic plates called the Somali Plate and the Nubian Plate, which are sub plates or protoplates. http://ajs-geo-blog.blogspot ...
... The East African Rift is an active continental rift zone in eastern Africa. The rift is a narrow zone in which the African Plate is in the process of splitting into two new tectonic plates called the Somali Plate and the Nubian Plate, which are sub plates or protoplates. http://ajs-geo-blog.blogspot ...
Changes in the tectonic regime above a subduction zone of andean
... trending E-U rcughly perellel to the convergence, is fairly constant. On both edges of thr Andes, tectonic being conpressionel, ULL is 63 and ullsmxis 01. fn the High Andes,Vzz becaaesQ(, then the E-U trendingUHsux is VZ and~iimin trending Y-S occur in this direction (Fig. Q). ...
... trending E-U rcughly perellel to the convergence, is fairly constant. On both edges of thr Andes, tectonic being conpressionel, ULL is 63 and ullsmxis 01. fn the High Andes,Vzz becaaesQ(, then the E-U trendingUHsux is VZ and~iimin trending Y-S occur in this direction (Fig. Q). ...