Download Geology Terms and Definitions and more Quizzes Geology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 lacoliths vs lapoliths DEFINITION 1 lacoliths- bulge uplapoliths- bulge down TERM 2 glosspteris DEFINITION 2 -fern like plant that Wegener used as fossil evidence TERM 3 AA DEFINITION 3 -sharp and chunky lava TERM 4 silica DEFINITION 4 -makes lava/magma more viscous TERM 5 what makes strato volcanoes dangerou DEFINITION 5 1- water/steam2-pyroclastic cloud3-tephra and lava TERM 6 dinosaurs in US DEFINITION 6 -appeared in US during tryacid period TERM 7 The Andys DEFINITION 7 -example of continental/oceanic zone TERM 8 P wave DEFINITION 8 -type of earthquake wave that is a compression wave TERM 9 chinle formation DEFINITION 9 -created in tryasic period, conditions right for super monsoon, warm ocean TERM 10 dominant life form DEFINITION 10 -reptiles/archosaurs TERM 21 hot spots DEFINITION 21 -geological process that formed Hawaii TERM 22 S wave DEFINITION 22 -can't go through liquid TERM 23 raleigh waves DEFINITION 23 -earthquake wave that has a rolling effect TERM 24 Alfred Wegener DEFINITION 24 -came up with the term continental drift TERM 25 Wegener's proof of Continental drift DEFINITION 25 1. continents fit together like jig saw2. paleo climatic glaciers in warm areas, palm trees in arctics3. same fossils, different continents4. matching rock layers on diff continents5. mountain ranges, over lapping continents TERM 26 why we moved into plate techtonics DEFINITION 26 -paleo magnitism, gps TERM 27 why wegeners theory wasn't accepted DEFINITION 27 -he has no mechanism TERM 28 convection currents DEFINITION 28 -the mechanism we contribute to plate tectonics TERM 29 chinle DEFINITION 29 -major stream that runs through tryasic south west TERM 30 gangaea DEFINITION 30 -name of super continent that formed in late permium, mid tryasic TERM 31 continental/continental DEFINITION 31 -earthquakes, mountains, faulting TERM 32 continental/oceanic DEFINITION 32 -volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, trenches form strato volcanoes TERM 33 great rith valley DEFINITION 33 -example of active continental divergant zone TERM 34 iceland DEFINITION 34 -example of oceanic divergent zone TERM 35 japan/phillipines DEFINITION 35 -example of oceanic/oceanic convergant zone
