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Geology Lab Basics
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Geology Lab Basics
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1. Angular unconformity(easy to remember and easy to recognize)

2. disconformity AKA paleosols

3. new minerals form, new textures develop, grain size changes (usually increases)

4. a line or a bar drawn on the map and marked off in units. These are common on 'road maps.'

5. Sialic

6. hanging wall

7. amphibole

8. mudstone (vs shale)

9. Layering formed as a consequence of the alignment of mineral grains, or of compositional banding in a metamorphic rock.

10. divergent boundary stresses

11. Stike

12. The Principle of Original Horizontality

13. glassy (extrusive)

14. transform boundary stresses

15. What's the first mineral to crystallize?

16. Pebble

17. What's the first mineral to melt?

18. Dolomite -

19. asymetric ripples (current ripple marks)

20. folding, faulting, tilting

21. what is the last mineral to crystallize?

22. sedmentary rocks get

23. where does dunite occur?

24. What is obsidian made of?

25. Clay