15.4: Activity 15C - Geologic Structure Identification

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Chloe Branciforte & Emily Haddad
Ventura College & East Los Angeles College via ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative

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1. Identify the geologic structure in Figure 15.30 below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.30.png — Figure 15.30: Figure for Question 1 in Activity 15C.

2. Identify the geologic structure in Figure 15.31 below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.31.png — Figure 15.31: Figure for Question 2 in Activity 15C.

3. Identify the geologic structure in Figure 15.32 below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.32.png — Figure 15.32: Figure for Question 3 in Activity 15C.

4. Identify the geologic structure in Figure 15.33 below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.33.png — Figure 15.33: Figure for Question 4 in Activity 15C.

5. Identify the geologic structure in Figure 15.34 below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.34.png — Figure 15.34: Figure for Question 5 in Activity 15C.

6. Identify the geologic structure in the cross-sectional view (Figure 15.35) below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.35.png — Figure 15.35: Figure for Question 6 in Activity 15C.

7. Identify the geologic structure in the map-view (Figure 15.36) below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.36.png — Figure 15.36: Figure for Question 1 in Activity 15C.

8. Identify the geologic structure(s) in Figure 15.37 below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.37.png — Figure 15.37: Figure for Question 8 in Activity 15C.

9. Identify the geologic structure(s) in Figure 15.38 below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.38.png — Figure 15.38: Figure for Question 9 in Activity 15C.

10. Identify the geologic structure(s) in the cross-section (Figure 15.39) below, and the stress which formed it.

a. Structure Name:

b. Stress:

15.39.png — Figure 15.39: Figure for Question 10 in Activity 15C.

Attributions

Figure 15.30: Derivative “Geologic Map of North America” (Public Domain; USGS) by Chloe Branciforte
Figure 15.31: “Strike-slip Fault 1” (CC-BY 4.0; Chloe Branciforte, own work)
Figure 15.32: “Fold in Maryland” (CC-BY-SA 3.0; Acroterion via Wikimedia Commons)
Figure 15.33: Derivative “Geologic Map of North America” (Public Domain; USGS) by Chloe Branciforte
Figure 15.34: “Strike-slip Fault 2” (CC-BY 4.0; Chloe Branciforte, own work)
Figure 15.35: “Split Mountain Gorge Fold in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park” (CC-BY-SA 4.0; Robert Arends via Wikimedia Commons)
Figure 15.36: “Richat Structure” (Public Domain; NASA)
Figure 15.37: Derivative of “Folded Ordovician Limestones” (CC-BY 2.0; James St. John via Flickr) by Chloe Branciforte
Figure 15.38: “Faults, Volcanic Glass, and Tuff” (CC-BY-SA 2.0; Penny Higgins via Flickr)
Figure 15.39: “Fault in Gyprock” (CC-BY 2.0; James St. John via Flickr)