Environmental Studies

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What are the three types of stress, and how do they affect rocks? What will be an ideal ... Started by daltonest1984	1 Replies 74 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by livaneabi
What factors are involved for a rock to behave as a brittle substance, and what factors cause it to ... Started by washai	1 Replies 60 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by mjbamaung
What is strike? What is dip? How are they measured in rock layers? What will be an ideal ... Started by eruditmonkey@yahoo.com	1 Replies 49 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by juicepod
How could you tell an eroded plunging anticline from an eroded plunging syncline? What will be an ... Started by HudsonKB16	1 Replies 79 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by Pamela.irrgang@yahoo.com
How can you tell if a strike-slip fault is right- or left-lateral? What will be an ideal ... Started by cnetterville	1 Replies 70 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by Sassygurl126
Describe the plate tectonics processes and associated stresses that have led to the formation of the ... Started by hbsimmons88	1 Replies 58 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by dyrone
Briefly explain why, according to the principle of isostasy, continental crust floats higher than ... Started by Cooldude101	3 Replies 71 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by ryrychapman11
If the mantle transmits S-waves, then how can it behave like a liquid, as implied by the principle ... Started by captainjonesify	1 Replies 43 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by triiciiaa
What is the law of universal gravitation? Why is gravitational attraction not the same everywhere on ... Started by debasdf	1 Replies 64 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by xiazhe
What is meant when rocks are said to be deformed (fractured or folded)? What will be an ideal ... Started by serike	1 Replies 57 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by rosiehomeworddo
What are the three types of stress? What will be an ideal ... Started by MGLQZ	1 Replies 67 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by Dnite
What does tension stress result from? What will be an ideal ... Started by Kthamas	1 Replies 41 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by juwms
What does shear stress result from? What will be an ideal ... Started by tnt_battle	1 Replies 65 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by chereeb
What is the difference between brittle and ductile rocks? What will be an ideal ... Started by OSWALD	1 Replies 80 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by Toya9913
What is meant when a fold is described as being recumbent? What will be an ideal ... Started by Metfan725	3 Replies 77 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by deja
What is the difference between faults and joints? What will be an ideal ... Started by notis	1 Replies 65 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by peter
What is the difference between a thrust fault and a reverse fault? What will be an ideal ... Started by mspears3	1 Replies 84 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by Mochi
What are some geologic processes that accompany orogenesis at oceanic-oceanic convergent plate ... Started by tiara099	1 Replies 95 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by cam1229
What happens if some of the above water portion of an iceberg melts? What will be an ideal ... Started by ssal	1 Replies 73 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by recede
Force applied to a given area is known as ____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the ... Started by tatyanajohnson	1 Replies 63 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by Ahnyah
The direction of a line formed by the intersection of a horizontal plane with the plane of a layer ... Started by Chelseaamend	1 Replies 123 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by blakeserpa
A fold is the result of ____________________ deformation. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate ... Started by stock	1 Replies 63 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by vish98
An up-arched fold is a(n) ____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate ... Started by cmoore54	3 Replies 136 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by meganmoser117
Each half of a fold is known as a(n) ____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate ... Started by 2125004343	1 Replies 66 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by hollysheppard095
In an anticline, the beds in its axial region are ____________________ in age than the beds of its ... Started by anshika	1 Replies 253 Views	Jul 15, 2018 by morganmarie791