Exam 21: Structural G Eology and P Late Tectonics

What type of faulting results from stresses parallel to the fault plane?

What is the name of the earthquake scale that gives an absolute measure of the energy released by an earthquake?

Earthquake waves are monitored by an instrument called a(n)______________.

What type of faulting results from expansive stresses?

The ______________ scale gives an absolute measure of the energy released by an earthquake.

The type of plate boundary at which one plate collides with another and subduction occurs is called ______________.

______________ mountains are believed to have been built by normal faulting in which giant pieces of Earth's crust were tilted and uplifted.

One plate pulls away from another and new ocean rock is formed at the type of plate boundary called ______________.

Folded rock layers that resemble an arch are called ______________.

Remanent magnetism is present in rocks that contain the mineral named

The Japanese word tsunami means "______________ wave."

A simplified explanation of mountain building is provided by the theory of

The Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States are examples of ______________ mountains.

An earthquake P wave travels through

When an earthquake occurs,the location on Earth's surface above the point of initial energy release is called the earthquake's

The three types of plate boundaries are convergent,__________,and transform boundaries.

Earth's thin,rocky,outer layer on which we live is called the

Remanent magnetism refers to the magnetism of rocks that contain the mineral named ______________.

Seismic waves that travel through Earth are called ______________ waves.

The geologist Harry Hess proposed the theory of