GPHY 242 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Syncline, Google Earth, Volcanism
14 Nov 2017
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5a) the nature of this landscape is a blunt nosed syncline. The responsible process is continental compression: this is a v-shaped syncline created by overturned strata with younger rocks on the inside. 6a) site i) and iv) represent true volcanic island arc chains. These are not to be mistaken with hot spots such as hawaii: ***see map. Trench is 40 km away using the scale of the map. 7a) this is most likely a caldera because there is a wide circular depression at the top. It looks as if it could be the collapse of the magma chamber from a previous volcanic eruption: the broader landscape is most likely a continental-continental submergence of the. Somalian and africa plate: ***see map for features. Left side of the landscape has been vertically lifted. This image shows that the land has been fractured through continental and continental collision, the land appears uneven. This is due to land being pushed up.
