ASBOG Practice Exam 1 Professional Geologist Question s with Latest Update
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The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of - Answer-greenschist facies
The assemblage of hornblende + plagioclase would most likely be - Answer-amphiboite facies
In carbonates wollastonite + anorthite + diopside would most likely be - Answer-sa...
ASBOG Practice Exam 1 Professional
Geologist Question s with Latest Update
The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of
- Answer-greenschist facies
The assemblage of hornblende + plagioclase would most likely be - Answer-amphiboite
facies
In carbonates wollastonite + anorthite + diopside would most likely be - Answer-
sanidinite facies
The formula K(AlSi3O8) is for what mineral - Answer-sanidine
What are some common associative minerals with sanidine - Answer-Quartz,
Muscovite, Biotite, Plagioclase feldspars,
quartz + jadeite + lawsonite ± phengite, glaucophane, chlorite would most likely be a
characteristic of - Answer-blueshist facies
A braided stream usually indicates that the stream - Answer-has greater load than
capacity
the soil of CL would be best for - Answer-the use of an aquitard
A fissure vein of gold quartz would most likely be associated with - Answer-rare earths
A titaniferous magnetite deposit would most likely be associated with - Answer-mafic
and ultramafic intrusive bodies
What a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain - Answer-
scree
What is pile of rocks that accumulates at the base of a cliff, chute, or slope - Answer-pile
of rocks that accumulates at the base of a cliff, chute, or slope
What is an inclinometer used for - Answer-an instrument for measuring angles of slope
(or tilt), elevation or depression of an object with respect to gravity
What is a type of electrical transformer used for measuring linear displacement
(position). - Answer-A linear variable differential transformer
What is a transducer that is used to create an electrical signal whose magnitude is
directly proportional to the force being measured - Answer-load cell
, What is a device that is used to measure changes in the length of an object - Answer-a
extensometer
What geophysical technique of magnetics could be used to investigate - Answer-a skarn
Caves found within limestone result from - Answer-slowly circulating water below the
water table
Plagioclase, quartz, biotite, and hornblende would most likely be found in - Answer-
dacite
Plagioclase plus pyroxene or hornblende could be found in - Answer-andesite
What is an alkali feldspar with minor amounts of dark-coloured minerals such as biotite,
amphibole, or pyroxene - Answer-trachyte
Convergent plate margins are characterized by - Answer-melanges of feldspathic
sandstone, siltstone and shale
What are alternatingly compressional and extensional, and cause the rocks they pass
through to change in volume - Answer-primary waves
a wave motion in a solid medium where the medium moves perpendicular to the
direction of the travel of the wave - Answer-secondary waves
A soil material with a porosity of 50% would be - Answer-classified as a CL
seismic refraction - Answer-measures travel times of seismic waves along a velocity
contrast
seismic stratigraphy - Answer-uses wave reflections and refractions to resolve surfaces
between rock types
Would could be expected origins of a mercury deposits - Answer-epithermal,
weathering, volcanogenic
What type of water has never been circulated in the hydrologic cycle - Answer-juvinile
What type of water has been trapped in the water since the deposition of the rock -
Answer-connate water
Settlement calculations are based on data obtained from which laboratory test -
Answer-consolidation
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