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ASBOG Fundamentals of Geology Exam Spring Review Questions And Answers NOTE: These are terminologies/facts/ideas (anything that might be useful to know for the FG ASBOG exam). I'm pulling these cards from textbooks that are listed as study material on the ASBOG website. The first cards 77 cards are from the first 100 pages of the Physical Geology textbook, and many are copied and pasted in directly. Up to card 96 is from page 149 in the textbook What is Geology? - ANS-In its broade...

ASBOG Geomorphology Questions And Answers Karst def'n - ANS-Topography underlain by limestone, dolomite, gypsum, or other rocks which can be affected by dissolution 4 conditions/things necessary for Karst to form - ANS-1. A soluble rock at or near surface 2. A dense rock, highly jointed and thin-bedded 3. Entrenched valleys below uplands underlain by soluble and well-jointed rock 4. A region of moderate to abundant rainfall Karst term: Terra rossa - ANS-Karst feature- A red clayey so...

ASBOG Practice Exam 1 Questions And Answers The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of - ANS- greenschist facies The assemblage of hornblende + plagioclase would most likely be - ANS-amphiboite facies In carbonates wollastonite + anorthite + diopside would most likely be - ANS-sanidinite facies The formula K(AlSi3O8) is for what mineral - ANS-sanidine What are some common associative minerals with sanidine - ANS-Quartz, Muscovite, Biotite, ...

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ASBOG Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers A growth fault is similar to a ________________, except that it ________________. - ANS-normal fault; occurs simultaneously with the deposition of sedimentary rock Growth faults are typical in areas characterized by ________________ such as in ________________ or any other region in which ________________. - ANS-ongoing sedimentation; river deltas; the Earth's crust is sinking at a fast pace Detachment faults are ________________ typica...

ASBOG EXAM REVIEW PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What does it mean when you have topographic contours on a 1:24,000 scale base map that are roughly circular and have hachures on the counters? - ANS-They represent a closed depression You have a base map at a scale of 1:6,000 and you need to represent the information you obtained during a field investigation of a site that is one square mile, that included mapping of your site as well as subsurface exploration results. What do you need to...

ASBOG Exam Practice Test Questions With Correct Answers 2024 A rock described as arkosic - ANS-is sandstone containing > 25% feldspar If the scale of a map is 1:24000 what does 1 in on a map represent - ANS-2,000 ft In a region eroded by glaciers, what are bow shaped depressions at the head of a glacial valley? - ANS- Cirques Which two-letter symbol is commonly used for a fat clay? - ANS-CH For a dip-slip fault, what is the area above the fault plane known as? - ANS-Hanging wall Which ...

ASBOG Hydrogeology Questions And Answers Area of Influence - ANS-The area within the potentiometic surface is lowered by withdrawal or raised by injection, of water through well. Aquifer - ANS-A geologic unit that is saturated and sufficiently permeable to transmit significant economic quantities of water to wells and springs Capillary Fringe - ANS-The lowest part of the zone of aeration, immediately above the water table, where water is under pressure that is less than atmospheric pre...

ASBOG Hydrogeology Questions And Answers A+ Grade 2024/2025 vadose zone - ANS-A zone above the water table and below the land surface that is not saturated with water water table - ANS-the level below which the ground is saturated with water. hydraulic gradient - ANS-The slope of the water table. It is determined by finding the height difference between two points on the water table and dividing by the horizontal distance between the two points. well efficiency - ANS-The ratio in perce...