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    Exam 2 Geology

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    Geology Exam Questions

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    1. As seen by an observer on Earth‚ a star that is moving away from the Earth would have ______ light energy waves. A. expanded B. compressed *E. both A and D are correct 2. The theory that tries to explain the origin of the universe revolves around the idea that __________. *B. the original black hole exploded and scattered clouds of uncharged particles moving at high velocities 3. What was the first element formed during the creation of the universe? *B. hydrogen 4. Our solar system

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    Geology Final Exam

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    Describe in basic terms how elements were/are formed during the big bang (including the reasons why only H/He formed abundantly)‚ during normal stellar operation (including why some elements such as Si and Fe were formed more abundantly)‚ and during supernova processes/explosion Big bang only thing that forms out of the big bang is the nuetrons. Protons plus electrons = hydrogen. Hydrogen fuses the helium. There are no stable atoms with 5 or 8 nucleons (hydrogen would have 5‚ helium would have

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    Geology Quiz 2

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    Quiz #2: Chapters 5-6 Fill in the blanks. (5 points each) PART I A. Asthenosphere D. Ocean ridge system B. Lithosphere E. Alfred Wegener C. Pangaea 1. A single supercontinent consisting of all Earth’s landmass that began to break up about 200 million years ago was called C. 2. In 1915‚ a German meteorologist and geophysicist named E wrote The Origin of Continents and Oceans and set forth a basic outline

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    Flop

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    Oregon in Eugene in 1966 with an M.S. degree in geology. Presently‚ he is a senior research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey‚ Menlo Park‚ California. Prior to that he was with Shell Oil Company for 8 years as an exploration geologist. Over the last 32 years‚ he has been involved in petroleum geology with emphasis on geochemistry in the Rocky Mountain states‚ California‚ Alaska‚ Colombia‚ and Malaysia. He has numerous publications on the geology and geochemistry of petroleum provinces in Alaska

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    Folds....Faults  Anticlines and Synclines-Class Notes | Jump to: | Types of Folds | Faults | Types of Faults | Guided Student Notes - (Microsoft Word Document) | FoldsWhen rocks are deformed plastically‚ they are bent into folds: | | | Stress and StrainStress is the applied force (The pushing and pulling on the rock layers).Strain is the bending & twisting that happens to the rock also known as deformation. Stress can be compressional‚ tensional or shear. | Compressional stress pushes

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    ENDOGENOUS PROCESSES AND ASSOCIATED LANDFORMS THE EVER CHANGING LANDSCAPE • • • • • • Earth’s surface is ever changing Endogenous processess- interior of the earth Mountains‚ plateaus and plains formed Occurences of volcanoes and earthquakes Processess- slow and sudden Many areas rise or subside NOTABLE CHANGES • • • • Breaking of Gondwanaland 120 mya Indian peninsula started drifting towards north Took present shape around 40 mya Raising of Himalayas- present height during last 1 million years

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    Lepanto

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    COMPANY OVERVIEW | | | Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company was established in 1936. 2011 marks the company’s 75th year in the business. Lepanto is a Filipino primary gold producer. The Lepanto mines are located in Mankayan‚ Benguet where the Company has about a thousand employees. From 1948 to 1996‚ Lepanto’s Enargite operations produced 1.58 billion pounds of copper‚ 2.9 million ounces of gold and 12.0 million ounces of silver‚ recovered from 34.4 million MT of ore averaging 2.2%

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    Core Study

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    TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract…………………………………………………………………………2 Introduction…………………………………………………………………….3 Objectives……………………………………………………………………....4 Theory…………………………………………………………………………..4 Apparatus and materials…………………………………………………………5 Technique/method……………………………………………………………….5 Procedures……………………………………………………………………….6 Results…………………………………………………………………………...7 Calculations……………………………………………………………………...9 Discussions………………………………………………………………………10 Conclusions……………………………………………………………………...11 Recommendations………………………………………………………………

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    Geology - Earth's Interior

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    INTRODUCTION For millennia mankind has inhabited the third planet from the sun; the planet that supports life and is know to us as Earth. Although there has been life on Earth for quite sometime‚ it is only in the past few centuries that man has come to learn about what makes up the interior of this planet. The English scientist‚ Isaac Newton‚ can be seen as a pioneer in regards to learning about the Earth ’s interior‚ as he calculated from his studies of planets and the force of gravity‚ that

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