strati

Question 1

-STUDY OF TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODIES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Answer 1

STRATIGRAPHY

Question 2

-IS A BRANCH OF GEOLOGY CONCERNED WITH THE STUDY OF ROCK LAYERS (STRATA) AND
LAYERING (STRATIFICATION). (WIKIPEDIA)

Answer 2

STRATIGRAPHY

Question 3

A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE CONCERNED WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF ROCK SUCCESSIONS AND
THEIR INTERPRETATION IN TERMS OF A GENERAL TIME SCALE.

Answer 3

STRATIGRAPHY

Question 4

IT IS WHEN ROCKS
AND EVENTS ARE PUT IN CORRECT
ORDER OF SEQUENCE RELATIVE TO
ONE ANOTHER.

Answer 4

RELATIVE DATING-

Question 5

AGE OF ROCK
UNITS IS DETERMINED PRECISELY IN
YEARS USING THE RATE OF DECAY OF
NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE
ELEMENTS

Answer 5

ABSOLUTE DATING-

Question 6

PRINCIPLES OF
STRATIGRAPHY

Answer 6

1.LAW OF SUPER POSITION
2.LAW OF ORIGINAL HORIZONTALITY
3.LATERAL CONTINUITY
4.CROSS-CUTTING RELATIONSHIP
5.INCLUSION
6.UNCONFORMITY
7.LAW OF FAUNAL SUCCESSION

Question 7

USUALLY A PRODUCT OF INTERPRETATION
OF OTHER STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF
THE BASIN

Answer 7

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY

Question 8

THE ULTIMATE AIM OF
CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY IS TO

Answer 8

ARRANGE
THE SEQUENCE OF DEPOSITION AND
THE TIME OF DEPOSITION OF ALL
ROCKS

Question 9

A WELL ESTABLISHED TOOL BASED
ON THE OBSERVATION OF
GEOLOGISTS OF FOSSIL
ASSEMBLAGES FOUND IN SIMILAR
ROCKS.

Answer 9

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY

Question 10

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY WITH
BIOSTRATIGRAPHY UTILIZING REGULAR FOSSILS:

Answer 10

1. SIZE.
2. CAVINGS.

Question 11

• PETROLEUM INDUSTRY USES THE FFG:

Answer 11

1.MICROFOSSILS
2. NANOFOSSILS
3. PALYNOMORPHS

Question 12

-RELIES ON THE CORRELATION OF ROCKS
OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS.

Answer 12

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY

Question 13

-MOST MALIGNED STRATIGRAPHIC METHOD
AND ALSO THE OLDEST OF THEM ALL.

Answer 13

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY

Question 14

-THE STUDY OF SEISMIC DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF
EXTRACTING STRATIGRAPHIC INFORMATION IS
CALLED

Answer 14

SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY

Question 15

DIFFERENT MARGINS IDENTIFIED BY TECTONIC STRATIGRAPHY.

Answer 15

1. RIFT BASINS
2. PASSIVE MARGINS
3. FORELAND BASINS
4. WRENCH SYSTEMS

Question 16

IS A GEOLOGICAL PROCESS OCCURRING WHEN AREAS OF SUBMERGED SEAFLOOR ARE
EXPOSED ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL.

Answer 16

REGRESSION

Question 17

-IS A GEOPHYSICAL CORRELATION
TECHNIQUE USED TO
DATE SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC S
EQUENCES.

Answer 17

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY

Question 18

INVOLVES THE
GEOCHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION AND
CORRELATION OF SEDIMENTARY STRATA
BY USING MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENT
GEOCHEMISTRY,

Answer 18

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY-

Question 19

BRANCH OF
SEDIMENTARY STRATIGRAPHY,
DEALS WITH THE ORDER,
OR SEQUENCE, IN WHICH
DEPOSITIONALLY RELATED
STRATAL SUCCESSIONS (TIME-
ROCK) UNITS WERE LAID DOWN
IN THE AVAILABLE SPACE OR
ACCOMMODATION.

Answer 19

SEQUENCE
STRATIGRAPHY

Question 20

GEOLOGIC EVENT DURING WHICH SEA LEVEL RISES RELATIVE TO THE LAND AND THE
SHORELINE MOVES TOWARD HIGHER GROUND, RESULTING IN
FLOODING.

Answer 20

TRANSGRESSION