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