exam 4

The hanging wall moves down in a reverse fault.

False

Orogenesis refers to

a general term for a mountain-building episode that thickens continental crust

The Hawaiian Islands were formed as a result of

a rising plume of magma from the mantle

Folded layers of rock can form a wavelike pattern of troughs and crests. The layers near the crest form while the layers near the trough form

an anticline; a syncline

Volcanic activity generally does not occur

around the perimeter of the Atlantic Ocean basin

People often say that California is going to "fall into the ocean". This idea is totally wrong because the San Andreas fault would have to be a fault associated with forces for this to happen.

normal; tension

The most active tectonic regions of North and South America are on the

western coasts

Which of the following is not an example of an age-relationship based on absolute dating?

The Coconino formation in the Grand Canyon is older than the Kaibab formation.

Explosive eruptions tend to build up

composite volcanoes

The Himalayan Mountains were primarily formed by

continental plate to continental plate collision

The nucleus of old crystalline rock in each of the principal continental masses is called a

continental shield, or craton

The concept of "orders of relief" refers to

the scale of features