Download Reefs & Karst Topography: Dry Tortugas & Guadalupe Mountains and more Quizzes Geology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 1. Reefs are generally located today DEFINITION 1 1. at the edge of continental shelves where there is upwelling ocean currents. TERM 2 2. The dominate coral types in the Dry Tortugas are DEFINITION 2 brain, staghorn, elkhorn TERM 3 3. IN the Dry Tortugas, __ is the most abundant biogenic sediment grain. DEFINITION 3 Halimeda algae TERM 4 4. The material in a stream that is transported by rolling an sliding along the river bed is the DEFINITION 4 bed load. TERM 5 5. Carbonates and halides (salts) of all types are commonly associated with regions of: DEFINITION 5 tectonic stability and tropical climates. TERM 6 6. The fine sediment carried in the water is: DEFINITION 6 the suspended load. TERM 7 7. ___ are sand-size particles produced by precipitation of calcium carbonate. DEFINITION 7 Oolids TERM 8 8. "Dry" Tortugas was named because there is/are ___ DEFINITION 8 no drinking water on islands. TERM 9 9. Fort Jefferson was never completed due ____ DEFINITION 9 to invention of the rifled cannon. TERM 10 10. Fort Jefferson is located on ___ DEFINITION 10 Garden Key. TERM 21 21.__is the downward movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces. DEFINITION 21 Infiltration TERM 22 22. ____ is level in which pores of soil or rock are completely filled with water. DEFINITION 22 Saturated zone TERM 23 23. _____ is the slope of the water table. DEFINITION 23 Hydraulic gradient TERM 24 24. Karst topography DEFINITION 24 are areas underlain by limestone in which the surface consists of numerous depressions called sinkholes. TERM 25 25. ___are colonies of single-celled extremophilic bacteria hanging from ceiling. DEFINITION 25 Snottites TERM 26 26. ___is an upward-growing speleothem. DEFINITION 26 Stalagmite TERM 27 27. Most of the monument size figures in Carlsbad Caverns were formed by ____. DEFINITION 27 large stalagmites. TERM 28 28. The caverns at Carlsbad National Park were carved out by _______. DEFINITION 28 sulfuric acid-rich underground water. TERM 29 29. ______ cave is the 5th longest cave in the world. DEFINITION 29 Lechuguilla TERM 30 30. Cave Popcorns DEFINITION 30 are small nodules formed by lime-rich water seeping uniformly out of the rock or speleothem. TERM 31 31. Prior to being part of the national park, _____ was an active guano mine. DEFINITION 31 Slaughter Canyon Cave TERM 32 32. Land area that contributes water to a river system is a __. DEFINITION 32 drainage basin. TERM 33 33. Flowstone DEFINITION 33 is a type of speleothem that forms where calcium- carbonate-rich water trickles down the walls of a cavern TERM 34 34. As water flows through a meander, ___. DEFINITION 34 erosion occurs on the outside bend, deposition in the inside bend. TERM 35 35. __is the flat, low-lying portion of a stream valley subjected to periodic inundation. DEFINITION 35 Floodplain
