 
Geology 200A - Plate Tectonics Test, Nov 13 1997			Name:
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In the context of ‘Plate Tectonics’, comment on the following (there are 6 question sections, each with 5 questions; each question is worth 
3%):

1)                               a) Hess;



 b) Tonga



 c) eugeosyncline;



 d) flysch;



 e) DSDP;



2)                            a) Bouma;



 b)Red Sea;



 c) thermal subsidence;



 d) evaporites;



 e) hydrogenous deposits;



3)                           a) Reinhardt;



 b) Macquarrie Island;



 c) MgAl2O4;



 d) sheeted diabase;



 e) troctolite;



4)                            a) Karig;



 b) Mariana Islands;



 c) marginal basin ridges;



 d) trench-slope break;



 e) eclogite



5)                           a); Stevens



 b) the Bay of Islands;



 c) foreland basin;



 d) chromite;



 e) olistostrome and melange;






6)                             a) Wilson;



 b) Indus Valley;



 c) mylonite;



 d) gravitational extension;



 e) Avalonia



7) In the underlined place provided, give a contextual name linking the questions in each question section. (5)
     Which person’s name is out of place in the above question sections? Why?(5)

FIGURES

Figure 1. Plate Tectonics.

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