Geologic Process
What is tectonic accretion?
How continents grow by adding land along tectonically active margins.
Where is the Great Basin National Park?
Located in eastern Nevada
Where is the Grand Teton National Park?
In Wyoming, south of Yellowstone
Where is Shenandoah National Park?
Virginia, on the Blue Ridge Mountains
Where is the Hot Springs National Park?
Arkansas
What is a craton?
The stable interior portion of a continent
What is Death Valley National Park
It is the hottest and driest and lowest place in the U.S.
What is special about the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park?
It contains the highest point in the lower 48 states
Where does the Shenandoah River flow?
West of Shenandoah National Park
What is frictional heating related to the Hot Springs National Park?
Groundwater is heated by this process caused by faults
What are anticlines and synclines?
Upward-arching layers and downward arching layers
Where is the Joshua Tree National Park
Sits both in the Colorado Desert and the Mojave Desert
What is Yosemite National Park known for?
U-shaped valleys and dominant granite bedrock
What is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known for?
Being the most visited national park, lots of biodiversity
What is coastal fog caused by?
Result of rainy winters and dry summers
What are faults?
What rocks are found in the Great Basin National Park?
What special tree does Redwood National Park have?
Hyperion, the tallest tree on Earth
What is Clingman's Dome
The highest point in Tennessee
What are joints?
Cracks appearing in rock with no displacement
What is crustal extension and block faulting?
Occurs when the crust is stretched and broken into tilted blocks
What is Death Valley National Park known for?
It's notable sand dunes and complex geology
What is an accretionary terrane?
A land type beneath Redwood National Park that was scraped off a subduing oceanic plate
What is chemical weathering?
Weathering that causes exposed rock to undergo chemical decomposition
What are cirques?