Review sheet for Quiz #3 (to be
given 20 February)
The questions will be short answer, fill in the blank, label the
diagram, or draw a diagram. The quiz will be worth 50
points. We will have an informal review on Thursday evening
starting at 5:30 PM in room 3120. Also, remember that I may draw
a question from the last quiz or from readings.
Key terms:
< 1/16 mm
|
> 2 mm
|
1/16 - 2 mm
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| Aa |
Arenite |
Arkose |
| Asymmetrical |
Augen |
Blocky |
| Breccia |
Cementation |
Chemical |
| Clastic |
Claystone |
Cohesite |
Columnar jointing
|
Compaction |
Conglomerate |
| Contact |
Detrital |
Dynamothermal |
| Eclogite |
Fissile |
Foliated |
| Gneiss |
Graywacke |
Hornfels |
| Inorganic |
Laminated |
Lithification |
| Lithostatic |
Maturity |
Metasomatism |
| Migmatite |
Mudstone |
Non-foliated |
| Organic |
Pahoehoe |
Phyllite |
| Protolith |
Recrystallization |
Regional |
| Ropy |
Rounding |
Sabkha |
| Sandstone |
Schist |
Shale |
| Siltstone |
Slate |
Sorting |
| Stishovite |
Symmetrical |
Walther's Law of Facies
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Practice questions/concepts:
- What is the difference between an arkose and an arenite?
- What is Walther's Law of Facies
- What is generally the largest type of volcano?
- Which type of volcano is the most explosive? Why?
- What is the difference between gypsum and rock gypsum?
- You are given three containers of well-sorted material, then mix
them together. Describe the sorting.
- Asymmetrical ripples that have their steep side facing to the
right indicates that the stream was flowing in which direction?
- What is a sabkha and what forms there?
- Why is the statement "volcanoes erupt because of gravity" correct?
- Describe how you would tell an active, dormant, and inactive
volcano apart.
- Describe how a composite volcano would form.
- What are the types of textures used to describe the surface of a
lava flow?
- How might mud-sized particles become lithified?
- What is the difference between shale and mudstone?
- Explain how you would classify a detrital sedimentary rock.