GPHY 242 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Syncline, Google Earth, Lava
14 Nov 2017
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Gphy 208: lab 2: endogenic processes and landforms. This landscape can be found in pennsylvania alongside a river. The nature of this landscape is a blunt nosed syncline. The specific point chosen is on top of a hilly area that looks to be created by tectonic processes. This is a v-shaped syncline created by overturned strata with younger rocks on the inside. 6a) site ii) and iii) represent true volcanic island arc chains. Part 3: air photo and topographic interpretations of volcanic terrain: see profile attached, mount price is most likely a composite or stratovolcano. The overall average rock composition of rock in these types of volcanoes is andesitic, which would produce more felsic lava. It occurs on the juan de fuco plate collision, which could also explain this composition by the subducting rocks: features 2 and 3 could represent a lava flow.
