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170 GG - Physical Geology - Review Sheet for the Second Exam Sedimentary Rocks: Clastic sediments, Matrix/Grain/Cement/Porosity, Understand various types of environments of deposition and what their sediments are, Sedimentary structures cross beds/mud cracks/strata/ripple marks, Composition and texture terms, Types of biochemical rocks, Types of clastic rocks, Size/sorting/rounding,...
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170 GG - Physical Geology - Review Sheet for the Second Exam Sedimentary Rocks: Clastic sediments, Matrix/Grain/Cement/Porosity, Understand various types of environments of deposition and what their sediments are, Sedimentary structures cross beds/mud cracks/strata/ripple marks, Composition and texture terms, Types of biochemical rocks, Types of clastic rocks, Size/sorting/rounding, Cementation/compaction/precipitation, Biogenous precipitates, Classif of sedimentary rocks, Grain transportation and deposition, How is coal made? Metmorphic Rocks: Cataclastic/Regional/Contact metamorphism and types of rocks produced, What type of textures associated with each form of metamorphism, List and understand the index minerals, Know the role of plate tectonics in each of the types of metamorphism, Know the role of temperature vs pressure influences, Describe the phenomenon of solid state reaction, Contact/regional, Describe the metamorphic rocks. Be able to draw and label: the rock cycle, all aspects of plate tectonics that lead to metamorphic rocks, cross-section of the Earth, cross-section of the crust and where you might find various types of rocks. Rock Cycle: Igneous rock, Sedimentary rock, Metamorphic rock, Partial melting, Intrusion-extrusion, weathering/erosion, Clastic/chemical, pressure/temperature, crystallization, Environments of deposition, Contact/regional metamorphism Geologic Time Know the five types of geologic events, Know the 7 stratigraphic principles, Be able to solve a relative dating exercise, What is half-life, What are radioactive (you isotopes dont need to know every type, but know an example), what is alpha decay/beta decay/electron capture? Describe the sources of error in absolute dating, types of geologic materials dated, fitting isotopes to age of events. What is the evidence for Earths age? Earth History How is the geologic time scale constructed? What are extinctions? Know the basic features of the geologic time scale. Describe geologic evidence for evolution (ontogeny/phylogeny/vestigial structures), What is the evidence for the cause of the K/T extinction? Describe the general geologic history of life. What is fossilization? Structural Geology Reverse fault, Normal fault, Thrust fault, Strike-slip fault, Compressive stress, Tensional stress, Shear Stress, Ductile Behavior, Brittle Behavior, Anticline, Syncline, Overturned fold, Upright fold, Strike and Dip, Draw strike and dip symbols on a map, Draw a cross-section of the crust with a si...
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