Geology Lab Final Study Guide
1114 LAB FINAL STUDY GUIDE – SPRING 2013
The outline covers all the topics you will need to know to do well on the final exam. In order to find the information below you should refer to your lab manual, graded quizzes and assignments, and powerpoint presentations posted on D2L. You are encouraged to attend the geology help sessions carried out in NRC 007 M-T-W 5:30pm-6:30pm if you need extra help with some of these concepts or wish to view the hand samples. Please come with questions ready to ask the TA.
Review metamorphic rock samples and their protoliths. There will be hand samples.
Contour maps
Be able to define and identify map features such as contour lines, index contours, etc.
Know to how to tell if an area is steeply sloped or not.
Know what relief and gradient are and how to determine them.
Be able to identify topographic features and know what contour lines do when they intersect streams.
Understand latitude and longitude and what they indicate.
Structural Geology
Know the various folds and deformations (anticline, syncline, monocline, basin, dome, plunging anticlines & synclines, etc.), definitions of their parts, and what their surface outcrops look like.
Know the 3 types of faults, how to distinguish them, and the stresses that cause them.
Normal- Tension
Reverse- Compressed
Strike/Slip- Shear
Know the 3 types of unconformities.
Non Comformities
Angular Comformities
Discomformities
Know what cross-sections, geologic maps, and block diagrams are.
Cross section is a vertical slice in the area.
Geologic maps are 2D presentation of a 3D object.
Block Diagrams are both of these.
Earthquakes
Know definitions related to earthquakes: focus, epicenter, seismic waves, etc.
Know the three types of waves discussed in lab, how they transfer their energy, how fast they are, what they can travel through, etc.
Surface Waves:
Love Waves- side to side
Raleigh Wave
Body Waves:
P waves- compressional
S waves- up an down
Seismic
The outline covers all the topics you will need to know to do well on the final exam. In order to find the information below you should refer to your lab manual, graded quizzes and assignments, and powerpoint presentations posted on D2L. You are encouraged to attend the geology help sessions carried out in NRC 007 M-T-W 5:30pm-6:30pm if you need extra help with some of these concepts or wish to view the hand samples. Please come with questions ready to ask the TA.
Review metamorphic rock samples and their protoliths. There will be hand samples.
Contour maps
Be able to define and identify map features such as contour lines, index contours, etc.
Know to how to tell if an area is steeply sloped or not.
Know what relief and gradient are and how to determine them.
Be able to identify topographic features and know what contour lines do when they intersect streams.
Understand latitude and longitude and what they indicate.
Structural Geology
Know the various folds and deformations (anticline, syncline, monocline, basin, dome, plunging anticlines & synclines, etc.), definitions of their parts, and what their surface outcrops look like.
Know the 3 types of faults, how to distinguish them, and the stresses that cause them.
Normal- Tension
Reverse- Compressed
Strike/Slip- Shear
Know the 3 types of unconformities.
Non Comformities
Angular Comformities
Discomformities
Know what cross-sections, geologic maps, and block diagrams are.
Cross section is a vertical slice in the area.
Geologic maps are 2D presentation of a 3D object.
Block Diagrams are both of these.
Earthquakes
Know definitions related to earthquakes: focus, epicenter, seismic waves, etc.
Know the three types of waves discussed in lab, how they transfer their energy, how fast they are, what they can travel through, etc.
Surface Waves:
Love Waves- side to side
Raleigh Wave
Body Waves:
P waves- compressional
S waves- up an down
Seismic