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Title: Rocks that lie beneath the fault plane make up the ____________________ block. (Fill in the blank)
Post by: Apbiohaha on Mar 6, 2018
Rocks that lie beneath the fault plane make up the ____________________ block.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

Evidence for Late Paleozoic Era glaciation includes layers of ____________________ (sediments deposited by glaciers) and glacial ____________________ (scratch marks) in the bedrock beneath the sediments.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 3

What principle states that in an undisturbed succession of sedimentary rocks, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest is at the top?
 A)The principle of cross-cutting relationships
 B)The principle of inclusions
 C)The principle of fossil succession
 D)The principle of uniformitarianism
 E)The principle of superposition

Question 4

Rocks overlying a fault plane is the ____________________ block.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 5

As far back as 1620, Sir Francis Bacon commented on the similarity of the shorelines of western ____________________ and eastern ____________________.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 6

What is the general term for a gap in the geologic rock record that represents a period of non-deposition, erosion, or both?
 A)nonconformity
 B)disconformity
 C)angular unconformity
 D)anticonformity
 E)unconformity

Question 7

A fault with both dip-slip and strike-slip movement is classified as a(n) ____________________ fault.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Title: Rocks that lie beneath the fault plane make up the ____________________ block. (Fill in the blank)
Post by: paroz on Mar 6, 2018
Answer to #1

footwall

Answer to #2

till, striations

Answer to #3

E

Answer to #4

hanging wall

Answer to #5

Africa, South America

Answer to #6

E

Answer to #7

oblique-slip


Title: Rocks that lie beneath the fault plane make up the ____________________ block. (Fill in the blank)
Post by: Apbiohaha on Mar 6, 2018
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Title: Rocks that lie beneath the fault plane make up the ____________________ block. (Fill in the blank)
Post by: paroz on Mar 6, 2018
You're welcome