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MVG's BSS ESC11 CHPT 16 Vocab
Plate Tectonics & Mountain Building
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Geology
11th Grade
01/06/2010

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Term

fault

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Definition
 A fracture or fracture zone in rock along which movement has occurred.
Term

active continental margin

 

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Definition

the offshore zone, consisting of the continental shelf, slope, and rise, that separates the dry-land portion of a continent from the deep ocean floor.

Term

anticline

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Definition
A fold with strata sloping downward on both sides from a common crest.
Term

dome mountain

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Definition
An uplift that is round or elliptical in map view with beds dipping away in all directions from a central point.
Term

fault-block mountain 

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Definition
A linear mountain that is bounded on both sides by normal faults.
Term

joint

 

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Definition
A fracture in rock along which there has been no displacement.
Term

normal fault

 

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Definition
A fault with vertical movement and an inclined fault plane. The block above the fault has moved down relative to the block below the fault.
Term

passive continental margin

 

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Definition
the transition between oceanic and continental crust which is not an active plate margin.
Term

reverse fault

 

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Definition
A fault with vertical movement and an inclined fault plane. The block above the fault has moved upwards relative to the block below the fault.
Term

strike-slip fault

 

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Definition
A fault with horizontal displacement, typically caused by shear stress.
Term

syncline

 

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Definition
A trough-shaped fold with youngest strata in the center.
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