for first mid-term exam on

Thursday 15 February, 1995, 9.00 a.m.
 
 

The following list of words does not cover everything discussed in class but most of the important aspects and therefore is intended to be used only as a study guide.
 
 

The exam may consist of multiple choice questions, one-to two-sentence definitions, graphic interpretations, cross-sections, and slide interpretations. To the exam please bring: a calculator, a pencil, an eraser, and a protractor and sheets of paper on which to write the answers to the questions on your exam
 
 

Read Chs. 6 and 9 - Plate tectonics and Faults

KEY CONCEPTS
 
 

PLATE TECTONICS

 lithosphere asthenosphere continental crust

 oceanic crust mantle Moho

tenets of plate tectonics Names of major plates and their location

 volcanism slab/trench pull convection

 ridge push earthquakes

 slab pull mountain chains and plate boundaries

Wilson cycle

cross-section through a divergent and a collisional plate boundary

cross-section through the crust, mantle and core (composition and thicknesses)

cross-section through the lithosphere asthenosphere and mesosphere
 
 

divergent plate boundaries rift valley

collisional plate boundaries accretionary prism

transform plate boundaries
 
 

FAULTS

fault breccias mylonite fault zone

dip slip faults: normal slip low-angle normal slip

 thrust slip reverse slip

strike slip faults: left-handed right-handed

oblique-slip faults: left-handed reverse normal left-slip

 hanging wall footwall be prepared to sketch fault types

 slip vs. throw vs. separation chatter marks striae

 net slip dip slip strike slip

rake