Subduction zones can be roughly divided into the following 4 regions? - correct answer a. Backarc
b. Forearc
c. Trench
d. Volcanic arc
The Himalaya Mountains result from this type of mountain building.
a. Alpine-Type
b. Island-Arc Type
c. Cordilleran-...
Subduction zones can be roughly divided into the following 4 regions? - correct answer
a. Backarc
b. Forearc
c. Trench
d. Volcanic arc
The Himalaya Mountains result from this type of mountain building.
a. Alpine-Type
b. Island-Arc Type
c. Cordilleran- Type
d. Andean Type - correct answer a. Alpine-Type
California's Sierra Nevada, Coast Ranges, and Great Valley are examples of structures that are typically
generated from this type of mountain building?
a. Alpine-Type
b. Island-Arc Type
c. Cordilleran- Type
d. Andean Type - correct answer d. Andean Type
A relatively small crustal fragment (a microcontinent, a volcanic island arc, or an oceanic plateau) that
has been carried by an oceanic plate to a continental subduction zone and then accreted onto the
continental margin is called:
a. Orogeby
b. Terrane
c. Isostasy - correct answer b. Terrane
, A relatively rapid type of mass movement that involves a flow of soil and regolith containing a large
amount of water is:
a. Slump
b. Creep
c. Rockslide
d. Debris Flow - correct answer d. Debris Flow
Where summers are too short and cool to melt more than a shallow surface layer, the permanently
frozen ground is known as _________ - correct answer Permafrost
A debris flow composed mostly of volcanic materials on the flanks of volcanoes is called a ________ -
correct answer Lahar
The characteristic "apron" of angular rock debris that accumulates below a mountain cliff is called:
a. Soliflucion
b. Talus slope
c. Slump
d. Creeo - correct answer b. Talus slope
An episode of mountain building is called:
a. Orogeny
b. Xenolith
c. Isostasy
d. Solifluction - correct answer a. Orogeny
The name given to an event where blocks of bedrock break loose and slide down a slope:
a. Slump
b. Mudflow
c. Lahar
d. Rockslide - correct answer d. Rockslide
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