for second mid-term exam on
Monday April 12, 1999, 1.30 p.m. - 2.30 p.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 7 - Faults and Folds
KEY CONCEPTS
FAULTS
Fault zone separation throw
Chatter marks footwall block hangingwall block
Classification of faults: dip slip (normal, thrust, reverse), strike slip (left-handed, right-handed), oblique slip
Interpretation of slides from the web page mylonite
Tectonic breccia fault gouge principal stress
Andersonian Faulting shear stress normal stress
Relation between principal stresses and faulting frictional faulting vs. Coulomb fracture faulting
Rake net slip dip slip
Chatter marks striae
FOLDING
Antiform synform anticline syncline antiformal syncline
synformal anticline overturned fold hinge limb
crest line hinge line axial surface tension gashes