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