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Ees 1030 1st EditionExam # 2 Study Guide Define these Vocab Words:Relative datingAbsolute datingAtomic numberMass numberRadioactive decayRadioisotopeAlpha decayBeta decayGamma decayNumerical dateRadioactivityRadiometric datingHalf-lifeRadiocarbon datingGeologic time scaleOutcropStrikeDipDeformationStress, fractureElastic deformationBrittle deformationDuctile deformationJointsSlipDip-slip faultStrike-slip faultReverse faultThrust faultHanging wallFootwallLeft-lateralSynclineAnticlineBlind-trust faultsDomeBasinEarthquakeSeismic wavesElastic reboundSeismographsBody wavesSurface wavesPrimary wavesSecondary wavesFocusEpicenterIntensityRichter scaleMagnitudeLiquefactionShort range predictionsLong range forecastsContinental driftPaleo magnetismPolar wanderingLithosphereAsthenosphereDivergent boundariesConvergent boundariesTransform boundariesOceanic-continental convergenceContinental-continental convergenceSlab pullHot spotMantle plumesCrustUpper mantleLower mantleLiquid outer coreInner coreDensitySeismic wavesP wavesS wavesOceanic crustMultibeam sonarSatellite picturesPassive continental marginActive continental marginContinental platformContinental shieldDomeBasinMountain beltsConvergent margins,Subduction zoneIsostasyGlacial reboundTerranceContinental crustLithosphereAsthenosphereGeothermal gradientMass wastingRegolithAngle of reposeOver steepened slopeFallSlideTranslational slideRotational slideFlowSlurry flowDebris flowGranular flowDebris avalancheEarth flowCreepLaharsSolifluctionHydrological CycleEvaporationTranspirationPrecipitationInfiltrationRunofRunning waterInfiltration capacitySheet flowStraight channelBraided channelMeandering channelGradientDischargeDrainageDrainage networkDividesThe great divideFloodplainsLeveesTerracesAlluvial fansDeltaCapacityCompetenceHydro geologistsBe able to answer these things:- What are the types of dating?- What is geological time? Why do we use it?- Structure of an atom?- Types of decay and what each of them do to the atom charge and mass?- Radiometric dating methods and their significance?- Why is structural geology important?- How do you map geological structures?- What are the types of geological formations?- Ductile vs Brittle deformations?- What are the types of faults and what happens at each?- What is the use of seismic waves?- What is the global network of seismic stations for?- How do you locate an epicenter?- Are earthquakes predictable? Explain?- Diference between P and S waves?- What are plate tectonics?- What is continental drift and how has it impacted the planet over time?- What are all the diferent faults and their efects?- How do plates move?- What are the layers of the earth?- How do we know what and where the layers are?- What is the baseball analogy?- What is geothermal gradient?- How have we found out what the ocean floor looks like?- What technologies have changed with the mapping of the ocean floor?- What does a continent-ocean boundary look like and what are the parts?- What are mountain belts and how do they form?- What is mass wasting?- What is the angle of repose and how does it vary?- What happens when vegetation is removed?- What triggers mass wasting?- What happens when there are no triggers?- What are all the types of mass wasting and their


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