Geological Features of the U.S.
In which U.S. state is the Grand Teton located?
Wyoming
Name the U.S. National Park in Arkansas known for its hot springs.
Hot Springs National Park
What is the term for the addition of exotic terranes to a continental land mass?
Tectonic accretion
Define Faults
fractures in the crust along which
movement has occurred
Where is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park located?
Tennessee and North Carolina
What geological processes shaped the Grand Teton in the Cenozoic era?
Weathering, erosion, and glaciation
In which U.S. state can you find Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?
California
Name the stable, interior portion of a continent characterized by very old crystalline rocks.
Craton
What is Normal Faulting
hanging wall down, tensional forces pulling apart
Where is Joshua Tree located
California
Name the geological event in the Cenozoic era involving crustal extension, block faulting, and volcanism.
Laramide Orogeny
What is Death Valley known for
Death Valley is known for being the hottest, driest, and lowest land in the U.S.
Define anticline and syncline in geological terms.
Anticline - rock folded upward in arch; Syncline - rocks folded downward in trough
What is reverse Faulting?
hanging wall up,
compressional forces pushing blocks together
– Thrust Fault – low angle reverse fault
where is Big Bend located
Texas
What lies unconformably beneath the tilted Paleozoic rocks in the Grand Teton area?
Precambrian gneiss and granite
Where is the Channel Islands National Park located?
California
Describe the three stages of major mountain belt building.
Accumulation, Orogenic, Crustal extension, block faulting, and uplift
What is Faukt Scrape
trace of fault on land surface, steeper
face of slopes, lighter colored surfaces (fresh
exposures), cut across stream erosion features
where is Shenandoah located
Virgina
What phenomenon occurred in the Cenozoic era in the Great Basin, leading to the stretching and thinning of continental crust?
Thinning and extension of continental crust
In which state can you find the Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
Tennessee and North Carolina
Explain the geological process involving lateral movement along a fault, exemplified by the San Andreas Fault.
Strike-slip faulting
What is Accretionary terrane?
land added to continents during plate collisions
where is Black Canyon of the Gunnison located
Colorado