GSCI 1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Pleistocene, Gneiss, Cut Bank
15 May 2017
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Science: science is , scientific reasoning, geo-enrichment, geo-careers. Science is : deduction and induction are opposite and mutually beneficial directions of thinking, deduction - reasoning from general to specific. Geo-enrichment: understanding how the earth works enriches everyday life, especially one"s sense of place strata, moraine, badlands, erratics, beach, hillslope sand. Which of the following currents directly influences the climate of europe: the kuroshio current, the gulf stream/north atlantic current, the west wind drift (makes its way around entire globe via antarctica) Which of the following is the most recent, current epoch: quaternary (current period, holocene, pleistocene. Which of following faults is associated with compression: normal (tension - hanging wall drops, reverse (low angle reverse is thrust - hanging wall goes up, strike-slip (san andreas fault) Which of the following is not an important part of the soil creep process: presence of sandy soil, expansion and contraction, freezing and thawing, addition or removal of moisture.
