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A rock described as arkosic - correct answer is sandstone containing > 25% feldspar If the scale of a map is 1:24000 what does 1 in on a map represent - correct answer 2,000 ft In a region eroded by glaciers, what are bow shaped depressions at the head of a glacial valley? - correct answer Cirques Which two-letter symbol is commonly used for a fat clay? - correct answer CH For a dip-slip fault, what is the area above the fault plane known as? - correct answer Hanging wal...

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The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of the: a) amphilobolite facies b) sanidinite facies c) greenschist facies d) blueschist facies - correct answer GREENSCHIST FACIES ___________ is now used as an industrial substitute for asbestos a) wollastonite b) wolframite c) wurtzite d) wulfenite - correct answer WOLLASTONITE A well fully penetrates a confined aquifer and has a drawndown of 27 feet. The theoritical drawdown calculated ...

The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of - correct answer greenschist facies The assemblage of hornblende + plagioclase would most likely be - correct answer amphiboite facies In carbonates wollastonite + anorthite + diopside would most likely be - correct answer sanidinite facies The formula K(AlSi3O8) is for what mineral - correct answer sanidine What are some common associative minerals with sanidine - correct answer Qua...

ASBOG QUESTIONS AND GUARANTEED ANSWERS 2023/2024 basalt - correct answer what is the most widely distributed volcanic rock? gabbro - correct answer what is the most common intrusive rock? feldspar - correct answer what is the most widespread mineral? shale - correct answer what is the most common sedimentary rock? arthropods - correct answer what is the largest animal phylum? 7 - correct answer how many major tectonic plates are there? coal-fired power plants - c...

ASBOG Physical Geology Master List BASIC QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2023/2024 transform boundary - correct answer Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other. (End Chapter 1) Amphibole group - correct answer Mineral group in which all members are double chain silicates. (Begin Chapter 2) biotite - correct answer Iron/magnesium bearing mica. calcite - correct answer Mineral with the formula CaCO3. chain silicate structure - correct answer Silicate...

Anion - correct answer A negatively charged ion Aphanitic - correct answer An igneous rock texture that refers to the grains not visible to the naked eye, and therefore indicative of fast cooling. Aureole - correct answer The zone of metamorphosed rock surrounding an igneous intrusion and showing the effects of contact metamorphism Bar - correct answer A unit of pressure equal to 10 to the 6th dynes/cm2, approximately one atmosphere (atm) Bowen's Reaction Series - correct a...