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Material Type: Exam; Class: Physical Geology; Subject: Geology; University: Marshall ; Term: Spring 2009;
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a. igneous b. sedimentary c. metamorphic
a. igneous b. sedimentary c. metamorphic
d. disconformity e. angular unconformity f. triconformity g. nonconformity
a. uplift and erosion b. subsidence and erosion c. uplift and deposition d. subsidence and deposition
a. 500 million years b. 1000 million years c. 1,500 million years d. 2,000 million years
a. elastic, confining, brittle b. elastic, plastic, brittle c. convergent, divergent, transform d. compressive, extensional, shear
a. Bowen Reaction Series b. elastic rebound c. principle of cross-cuttting relationships d. chemical weathering e. The Dynamo Hypothesis
a. body and secondary b. surface and secondary c. shear and secondary d. body and surface
a. body b. secondary c. shear d. surface
a. one b. two c. three d. four
a. one b. two c. three d. four
a. discharge b. gradient c. recurrence interval d. separation time
a. unsaturated zone and porosity b. fractures and unsaturated zone c. porosity and permeability d. porosity and fractures e. permeability and fractures
a. 1) sediments, 2) sedimentary rocks, 3) igneous/metamorphic rocks b. 1) sedimentary rocks, 2) igneous/metamorphic rocks, 3) sediments c. 1) igneous/metamorphic rocks, 2) sediments, 3) sedimentary rocks d. 1) igneous/metamorphic rocks, 2) sedimentary rocks, 3) sediments
a. downhill b. from areas of higher hydraulic head to areas of lower hydraulic head c. from higher to lower elevations d. from areas of higher permeability to areas of lower permeability
a. geothermal b. gaining c. losing d. braided
a. an unsaturated zone b. a saturated zone c. an igneous intrusion d. a water table
a. true b. false
a. rising water table b. under-pumping c. over-pumping d. groundwater contamination
a. volcanic glass b. fine-grained igneous rock c. coarse-grained sedimentary rock d. coarse-grained metamorphic rock
a. continental and accumulation b. alpine and ablation c. continental and alpine d. accumulation and ablation
a. elastic rebound b. brittle deformation c. plastic flow d. pressure melting