rock deformations

1. 1A brittle substance characteristically has

   1. Aa narrow span between the elastic limit and the plastic limit
   2. Ba long span between the elastic limit and the plastic limit
   3. Ca long span between elastic and plastic limit, but a narrow span of elastic deformation
   4. Dno elastic limit
2. 2The following would hinder the formation of fractures in rocks

   1. Ahigh confining stress or uniform stress
   2. Btensional stress
   3. Ccompressive stress
   4. Dshear stress
3. 3The essential conditions controlling the relative importance of brittle properties versus ductile properties of rocks are

   1. Atemperature
   2. Btype of stress
   3. Crate of application of stress
   4. Dcomposition of rocks
   5. Eall of these
4. 4Rapid application of stress on rocks over a short period of time would most likely result in which type of behavior

   1. Aductile
   2. Bplastic
   3. Celastic
   4. Dbrittle
5. 5Slow application of stress on rocks over a long period of time would most likely result in which type of behavior

   1. Aductile
   2. Bplastic
   3. Celastic
   4. Dbrittle
6. 6Many shallow earthquakes with low magnitudes occur at lower crust or near transition between crust and mantle. The properties of rocks at these places are most likely to be

   1. Abrittle
   2. Bductile
   3. Celastic
   4. Dplastic
7. 7The formation of reverse faults is due to

   1. Atensional stresses
   2. Bcompressional stresses
   3. Car stresses
   4. Dductile stresses
8. 8Rocks that are ductile tend to be associated with

   1. Afaults
   2. Bfolds
   3. Cstrike-slip motion
   4. Djoints
9. 9The San Andreas fault is an example of

   1. Adip fault
   2. Boverthrust
   3. Cleft-lateral strike slip fault
   4. Dright-lateral strike slip fault
10. 10In an anticline the limbs dip

    1. Aaway from the axial trace and the youngest rocks are at the center
    2. Baway from the axial trace and the oldest rocks are at the center
    3. Ctoward the axial trace and the oldest rocks are at the center
    4. Dtoward the axial trace and the youngest rocks are
       at the center

11. 11In a syncline the limbs dip

    1. Aaway from the axial trace and the youngest rocks are at the center
    2. Baway from the axial trace and the oldest rocks are at the center
    3. Ctoward the axial trace and the oldest rocks are at the center
    4. Dtoward the axial trace and the youngest rocks are at the center
12. 12Rock layers exposed to surface in a zig-zag manner would imply the presence of

    1. Aopen folds
    2. Basymmetrical folds
    3. Coverturned folds
    4. Drecumbent folds
    5. Eplunging folds
13. 13The East African rift and other major rifts are a result of

    1. Aan extension of the crust
    2. Ba compression of the crust
    3. Can overthrust
    4. Da shear movement of the crust
14. 14The topography of the Basin and Range Province that encompasses Nevada and portions of the surrounding states has been generated by a system of north to south trending

    1. Anormal faults
    2. Breverse faults
    3. Cright-lateral strike-slip faults
    4. Dplunging folds
15. 15The Black Hills of western South Dakota is a

    1. Adomed structure
    2. Bhorst or-fault-block mountain
    3. Cfolded structure
    4. Dbasin structure with reversal of topography due to differential erosion
16. 16In rocks, joints with orientations nearly perpendicular to the surface can be produced by

    1. Aremoval of pressure as deeply buried rocks are exposed to the surface
    2. Baddition of loads on rocks when they are very deeply buried
    3. Ctensional stresses when rocks in the crust are folded
    4. Dmelting of overlying glaciers
17. 17Loch Ness, the home of a mythical monster, in Scotland is situated on a

    1. Anormal fault
    2. Breverse fault
    3. Cseries of joints
    4. Dleft-lateral strike-slip fault
18. 18In an area, the same rocks appearing in the form of parallel ridges would imply

    1. Aa series of folds with their axes nearly horizontal
    2. Ba series of fault scarps that separate the ridges
    3. Can intrusion of a large body of magma
    4. Da series of strike-slip faults

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