EAPS 112 - Chapter 10 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
The erosion of the Taconic highlands resulted in the formation of a(n) ________ .
a. orogen
b. alluvial fan
c. clastic wedge
d. erosional sill - ANSWER-c. clastic wedge
Where was North America located during the early Paleozoic?
a....
EAPS 112 - Chapter 10 Exam Questions
& Answers 2023/2024
The erosion of the Taconic highlands resulted in the formation of a(n) ________ .
a. orogen
b. alluvial fan
c. clastic wedge
d. erosional sill - ANSWER-c. clastic wedge
Where was North America located during the early Paleozoic?
a. Mid-latitudes of the Northern hemisphere
b. paleoequator
c. North Pole
d. Mid-latitudes of the Southern hemisphere
e. South Pole - ANSWER-b. paleoequator
________ is the study of rock relationships within a time-stratigraphic framework of related facies
bounded by erosional or nondepositional surfaces.
a. Organizational stratigraphy
b. Sedimentary stratigraphy
c. Cratonic sequencing
d. Sequence stratigraphy
e. Lithostratigraphy - ANSWER-d. sequence stratigraphy
Who is credited with publishing the world's first true geologic map?
a. Nicholas Steno
b. John Phillips
c. Charles Lyell
d. William Smith
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