Geochronology/Stratigraphy/Quiz

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Quiz
{Yes or No, The study of rock layers and the layering process is called stratigraphy. + Yes - No
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{Typically formed in glacial lakes a varve couplet consists of a coarser grained summer layer formed during open-water conditions, and a finer grained winter layer formed from deposition from suspension during a period of { winter (i) } ice cover.
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{True or False, A stratigraphic group from the lower Jurassic period, consisting of thin layers of blue limestone present in parts of southern England is called a lias. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Varves are a pair of sedimentary layers, a couplet, that form in an annual cycle as the result of seasonal { weather (i) } changes.
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{Yes or No, Each geographic location on the rocky surface of the Earth has a stratigraphic column. + Yes - No
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{Stratigraphy is the study of rock layers and the { layering (i) } process.
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{Yes or No, The cliffs at Weybourne resting on a chalk base are composed of layers of glacial sediments of flints and fossils. + Yes - No
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{Complete the text: Match up the form or type of strata with the effect: varves - A marine sediments - B fossilised soil structure - C sandur deposits - D sediment core - E Guzhangian base GSSP - F Sandbian graptolites - G Telychian lower GSSP - H Fanemmian base GSSP - I Visean Tournaisian boundary - J { D (i) }. { J (i) }. { G (i) }. { B (i) }. { F (i) }. { H (i) }. { A (i) }. { E (i) }. { C (i) }. { I (i) }.
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{Characteristics of a stratigraphic column are? + a geographic location - contain an ocean basin + units within have geologic ages + rock types - subduction + thicknesses
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{True or False, Stratigraphy is concerned with the order and relative position of strata and their relationship to the geological time scale. + TRUE - FALSE
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Some strata are in chronological order, youngest at the top, and some are not.