General Geology

General Geology	Plate tectonics & the earth’s interior	The Blue mountains	The Klamath mountains	The Basin & Range	The Columbia Plateau	The High Lava Plains	The Cascades	The Coast Range
Name three types of faults and explain how they are different from each other	List the regions f the interior fo the earth staring in the center and give the chemical & physical state of each region	Explain the general tectonic process that formed the blue mountains	What type of faulting is found separating the terranes in the Klamaths and how did they form	Where is the basin and range province found in Oregon	When did the Columbia river basalts erupt and where did they come from	What is a volcanic maar and give an example of one	What are the three stages of volcanism that formed the Cascades and where, relative to each other, are they located	What is the general structure that dominates the coast range
What is the difference between relative dating and absolute dating and list 3 relative dating principles	What is a divergent boundary, where do they usually form and what are some of the features found there	What is the age of the rocks found in the blue mountains	What is the general age of the rocks in the Klamath mountains	What is the dominant structure for the Basin and range and what formed this structure	What was the Missoula floods and where did they come from	What is the age distribution of the volcanic eruptions within the high lava plains	What is the base of the cascade mountains built of	What was the tectonic process that began forming the coast range mountains
What is an exotic terrane and how can they be recognized	What is a transform boundary, where do they usually form and what are some of the features found there	What is the age of the granite batholiths that were emplaced in most of the west coast mountains	What is the Josephine Ophiolite and where is it found	What type of stress formed the faulting in the basin and range	Explain how an intercanyon flow forms and name two ways you can tell you are looking at one	What is meant by bimodal volcanism and give an example of a volcano in this region that shows this structure	What is the Green Ridge Fault	What is meant by transgressions and regressions, what are the sequence of rocks associated with each and why are they useful
Explain the difference between the following types of terranes: Back arc basin, fore arc basin, oceanic crust and volcanic island arc	List three types of convergen boundaries and describe the features that form at each	How are the western blue mountains different than the eastern blue and what is so important about the western blues	What is the Klamath/Blue mountain lineament	What is the evidence for glaciation in this region and when did the glaciation occur	What are some of the features left by the Missoula floods	What is the rattlesnake ignimbrite and how was it formed	What was the age for the beginning of the eruption of the high cascades	What is the evidence for large earthquakes along the NW coast and why do we get them.