geomorphology - definitions

Question 1

stratified rock

Answer 1

rock composed of layers

Question 2

bedding planes

Answer 2

planes seperating layers of rock

Question 3

dolerite sill

Answer 3

horizontal layer of igneous rock, formed along a bedding plane

Question 4

igneous rock

Answer 4

rock formed when magma cools and solidifies

Question 5

plateau

Answer 5

large high-lying area that is reflectively flat

Question 6

sedimentary rock

Answer 6

rock formed from the deposition of eroded sediments

Question 7

mesas

Answer 7

flat-topped table mountains

Question 8

buttes

Answer 8

flat-topped hills

Question 9

conical hills

Answer 9

small pointed hills

Question 10

pediplain

Answer 10

large. low-angled plain

Question 11

cuesta

Answer 11

ridge with a gentle dip slope and a scarp slope

Question 12

hogsback

Answer 12

a ridge with a steep dip slope and a scarp slope

Question 13

homoclinical ridge

Answer 13

ridge formed from inclined strata

Question 14

cuesta dome

Answer 14

circular landform resulting from the erosion of an anticline

Question 15

cuesta basin

Answer 15

circular landform resulting from the erosion of a syncline

Question 16

batholiths

Answer 16

large dome-shaped intrusions of magma

Question 17

laccoloiths

Answer 17

smaller mushroom-shaped intrusions of magma

Question 18

lopoliths

Answer 18

pan shaped intrusions of magma

Question 19

dykes

Answer 19

vertical sheets of dolerite that form from magma

Question 20

sills

Answer 20

horizontal sheets of dolerite that form from magma

Question 21

tor

Answer 21

exposed granite blocks made up of core stones