Objectives:  Intro to Crustal Deformation

1.      Define "compressional stress" and list the structures produced from them.

2.      Define "tensional stress" and list the structures produced from them.

3.      Define the following:

               confining pressure                                        shear

               brittle                                                           ductile

               plastic deformation                                       elastic deformation

4.      Describe how increased pressure affects brittle-ductile properties of rock.

5.      Describe how the following terms relate to rock failure and explain the elastic-strain hypothesis:

               a.   yield point                                                 c.    strain

               b.   stress                                                       d.    primary, secondary, and tertiary creep

6.     Differentiate between and anticline and a syncline

7.      Know the difference between a reverse fault, normal fault and strike slip fault and know the type of stress that produces each 

8.       Define "strike-slip" fault and differentiate between:

               left lateral                                                     right lateral