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Geology (GLGY 381-UCAL) Final Exam
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Question 1 |
A | Nonconformity |
B | Angular unconformity |
C | Paraconformity |
D | Disconformity |
E | Hiatus |
Question 2 |
In which area would you expect to find the passive margin (choose from red letters)? (ID-SSF-41)
A | T |
B | P |
C | H |
D | N |
E | R |
Question 3 |
If you were to indicate the boundary between the Indian-Asian crust, where would it be (choose from red letters)? (ID-SSF-40)
A | A |
B | L |
C | D |
D | B |
E | F |
Question 4 |
A | None of the answers listed here are correct. |
B | Rise in relative sea-level and movement of the shoreline seawards. |
C | Rise in relative sea-level and movement of the shoreline landwards. |
D | Fall in relative sea-level and movement of the shoreline seawards. |
E | Fall in relative sea-level and movement of the shoreline landwards. |
Question 5 |
A | practical |
B | theoretical |
C | temporal |
D | spatial |
E | analytical |
Question 6 |
The Magmatic Arc is represented by... (choose from red letters) (ID-SSF-42)
A | D |
B | A |
C | E |
D | B |
E | C |
Question 7 |
A | basins. |
B | paraconformities. |
C | abyssal plains.. |
D | disconformities. |
Question 8 |
A | Accommodation space will be moved towards the shoreline. |
B | Sediments will be mostly filled in the basin bypassing the deposition process on the continental shelf. |
C | Accommodation space always will be deceased significantly. |
D | Sediments will be mostly filled in the continental shelf with very little to no sed deposition on the basin. |
Question 9 |
A | super surge. |
B | super elevation. Hint: READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY. |
C | storm surge. |
D | torpedo rise. |
Question 10 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 11 |
A | toplap |
B | onlap |
C | downlap |
D | erosional surface |
Question 12 |
A | Progradational |
B | Aggradational |
C | Retogradational |
D | Transgressional |
Question 13 |
A | A. Highstand
B. rising inflection point (RIP) |
B | A. Rising inflection point (RIP)
B. highstand |
C | A. Highstand
B. falling inflection point (FIP) |
D | A. Lowstand
B. falling inflection point (FIP) |
E | A. Highstand
B. rising inflection point (RIP) |
Question 14 |
A | Rising sea level |
B | Regression Hint: Close, but this is not the right term! |
C | Transgression |
D | Increase in accommodation space |
E | Progradation |
Question 15 |
A | counter clockwise direction. (if you take to a bloody British, it will bloody anti-clockwise 🙂 |
B | downwards at 90 degrees to the rotational face. |
C | upwards at 90 degrees to the rotational face. |
D | clockwise direction. |
Question 16 |
A | suckdeep |
B | wedgetop |
C | forebulge |
D | backbulge |
E | foredeep |
Question 17 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 18 |
A | Yes |
B | No |
Question 19 |
A | Clastic deposits |
B | Sandy deposits |
C | Coastal plain deposits |
D | Muddy deposits |
Question 20 |
A | Fan deltas |
B | Tide-dominated deltas |
C | None of the answers are correct |
D | Wave-dominated deltas |
Question 21 |
A | A sudden increase of deposition in a specific window of geologic time. |
B | An unexplained nonconformity. |
C | A discontinuity in the age of strata due to lack of deposition. |
D | The line between the lateral contact of two sets of widely different strata. |
Question 22 |
A | regression and transgression |
B | regression |
C | transgression |
D | regression and forced regression |
E | forced regression |
Question 23 |
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A | 4 |
B | 5 |
C | 3 |
D | 1 |
E | 2 |
Question 24 |
A | Increased terrigenous clastic supply reduces carbonate productivity. |
B | There is no effect because the carbonate productivity is independent of terrigenous clastic supply. |
C | At first it will rapidly decrease the carbonate productivity, but in the long run it will increase the carbonate productivity as terrigenous clastic supply will introduce essential chemical components to the system. |
D | At first terrigenous clastic supply will rapidly increase the carbonate productivity, but in the long run it will create chemical barriers reducing carbonate productivity. |
Question 25 |
A | transgredation |
B | retogradation |
C | progradation |
D | aggradation |
Question 26 |
A | foreland |
B | wedgetop |
C | backbuldge |
D | foredeep |
E | basin |
F | channel |
G | forebulge |
Question 27 |
A | A. increases B. increases |
B | A. increases B. decreases |
C | A. decreases B. decreases |
D | A. decreases B. increases |
Question 28 |
A | Regression |
B | Forced regression |
C | Transgression |
D | Global tectonics |
E | Rate of chemical weathering |
Question 29 |
What letter on the following cartoon represent the toplap-downlap sequence? (yes, it is a two different things, so watch out!) (ID-SSF-44)
A | C |
B | A and C |
C | A and B |
D | B and C |
E | B |
F | A |
Question 30 |
What type of collision can occur at the area marked with N? (ID-SSF-38)
A | Passive Margin Collision |
B | Active Margin Collision |
C | Continent-Continent Collision |
D | Continent-Ocean Collision |
E | Ocean-Ocean Collision |
Question 31 |
A | groups |
B | beds |
C | members |
D | formations |
E | supergroups |
Question 32 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 33 |
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A | 4 |
B | 2 |
C | 7 |
D | 1 |
E | 3 |
Question 34 |
A | continental boundary. |
B | oceanic shelf. |
C | continental shelf. |
D | the basin. |
E | the mid ocean ridge. |
Question 35 |
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A | 4 |
B | 7 |
C | 3 |
D | 6 |
E | 5 |
Question 36 |
A | I have no clue what the hell you are talking about. I hate applied principles of geology. Hint: Since you have pick this one, I suggest that you click and open the renaming choices just to read what it was.....? |
B | The forces within the crust should exceed the forced applied on the crust by the load resulting flexure. |
C | The force of the load due to gravity must be large enough to overcome the forces within the crust resulting flexure. |
D | The pressure on both sides of the continental or oceanic boundaries must be at equilibrium. |
Question 37 |
A | Rifting mechanisms |
B | Relative base level |
C | Eustasy |
D | Rate of chemical weathering |
E | Global tectonics |
Question 38 |
A | Increase in relative sea level and increase in subsidence the same time. |
B | Decrease in relative sea level and uplift occurring at the same time. |
C | Decrease in relative sea level and increased in sediment input at the same time. |
D | Increase in relative sea level and uplift occurring at the same time. |
E | Increase in relative sea level and increased in sediment input at the same time. |
Question 39 |
A | Topset |
B | Foreset |
C | Bottomset |
D | Distalset |
Question 40 |
A | Highstand |
B | Lowstand |
C | Retrogradation |
D | Warm and wet seasons |
Question 41 |
A | active margins. |
B | passive margins. |
C | margins with high slope basements. |
D | volcanic regions. |
Question 42 |
A | a conformity. |
B | paraconformity |
C | a hiatus. |
D | disconformity |
E | angular unconformity. |
Question 43 |
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A | 1 |
B | 4 |
C | 2 |
D | 3 |
E | 5 |
Question 44 |
A | Long term variations in the volume of glaciers which result in global sea level changes. |
B | Long term variation in atmospheric conditions which results in global changes in sedimentary processes. |
C | Long term variations in the rate of sea floor spreading and subduction which result in global sea-level changes. |
D | Long term variations in global temperatures that is caused by natural cycles of the Sun. |
E | Long term variations in the orbit of the Earth which result in changes in climate. |
Question 45 |
A | Second-order |
B | First-order |
C | Third-order |
D | It is based on the type of tectonic and basinal setting. |
Question 46 |
A | True |
B | Flase |
Question 47 |
A | wedgetop |
B | foredeep |
C | backbulge |
D | forebulge |
Question 48 |
What type of collision occur at the area marked with F? (ID-SSF-39)
A | Subduction Complex |
B | Rifted Margin Prism |
C | Magmatic Arc |
D | Trench |
E | Interarc Basin |
Question 49 |
A | transform faulting |
B | sea-floor spreading and mid-ocean ridges |
C | continental volcanoes |
D | subduction and trenches |
E | hot spots |
Question 50 |
A | When dealing with areas that is difficult to access. |
B | When analyzing data collected from a large region. |
C | When analyzing data collected in a small region. |
D | When analyzing fossils and chemical composition (carbon) to date formations. |
Question 51 |
A | False |
B | True |
Question 52 |
A | active zone. |
B | coral reef zone. |
C | photic zone. |
D | passive zone. |
Question 53 |
A | I. fining upwards II. coarsening upwards III. coarsening upwards |
B | I. coarsening upwards II. fining upwards III. fining upwards |
C | I. fining upwards II. coarsening upwards III. fining upwards |
D | I. fining upwards II. fining upwards III. coarsening upwards |
E | I. fining upwards II. fining upwards III. fining upwards |
Question 54 |
A | The first term is used in depositional descriptions and the second term is used in fluvial descriptions. |
B | They are the same; therefore the question is wrong. |
C | The first term describes the seawards movement of the shoreline and the second term describes the landwards movement of the shoreline. |
D | The first term describes the landwards movement of the shoreline and the second term describes the seawards movement of the shoreline. |
Question 55 |
A | near mid ocean ridges(MOR) |
B | near paraconformities |
C | on the volcanic arc |
D | near nonconformities |
E | on the basin floor fan. |
Question 56 |
A | near the shore line |
B | near the wave base |
C | near the mid ocean ridge |
D | inner the inner shelf |
Question 57 |
A | True |
B | False because it can preserve only up to few thousands of years because tidal currents disturb the depositional process. |
C | False because it can only preserve up to about half a million years. |
Question 58 |
A | rise in sea level |
B | highstand |
C | lowstand |
D | sudden decrease in regional sed load. |
E | sudden increase in regional sed load. |
Question 59 |
A | Global sea level will be decrease as new oceanic crust is formed due to spreading. |
B | Sediment influx will be significantly decreased as deposited sediments within the accommodation space is used up to produce new oceanic crust. |
C | Global sea level will be increase as the new oceanic crust takes up space in basins. |
D | Sediment influx will be significantly increased as continental crust is pushed further upwards resulting greater erosion. |
E | Active spreading ridges would have no impact on either sediment influx or global sea levels because this activity will be balanced through subduction. |
Question 60 |
A | True |
B | False |
Question 61 |
A | They are typically associated with low density sediment loads. |
B | They drive the forces needed for delta formation. |
C | They only occurred in the per-Cambrian and no longer observed in modern day environments. |
D | They often result in turbidites deposition. |
E | They carry sediments on top of sea waters for a long distances out into the ocean before settling to the bottom. |
Question 62 |
A | None of the answers are correct. |
B | Sediment load |
C | Velocity of rivers |
D | Tectonics such as subsidence and uplift |
E | Climate and weather |
Question 63 |
A | more basaltic |
B | more denser |
C | more granitic |
D | more mafic |
Question 64 |
A | clockwise direction. |
B | downwards at 90 degrees to the rotational face. |
C | counter clockwise direction. (if you take to a bloody British, it will bloody anti-clockwise 🙂 |
D | upwards at 90 degrees to the rotational face. |
Question 65 |
A | A. Oscillating B. Non-oscillating |
B | A. Non-oscillating B. Oscillating |
C | A. low B. high |
D | A. high B. low |
Question 66 |
A | Dominant sandy deposits at the base |
B | Coarsening upward |
C | Fining upward |
D | Dominant muddy deposits in distal regions |
Question 67 |
A | Gravel dominated deposits |
B | Extremely high subsidence |
C | Extremely low subsidence |
D | Mud and silt dominated deposits |
E | Sand dominated deposits |
Question 68 |
A | Discharge and relief are associated with hinterland and accommodation and slope is associated with basin. |
B | Discharge and subsidence are associated with hinterland and accommodation is associated with basin. |
C | Discharge, subsidence and accommodation are associated with hinterland and subsidence is associated with basin. |
D | Discharge, relief and subsidence are associated with hinterland and accommodation is associated with basin. |
E | Discharge and relief are associated with hinterland and accommodation and subsidence are associated with basin. |
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Credits: Based on the excellent class notes provided by, Dr. Melissa Giovanni during Fall 2012.
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