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What do geologists call small accreted crustal fragments that have a geologic history distinct from adjacent blocks?
Terrane
Geologists use unconformities to identify?
Gaps in time in the rock record
What are index and what do geologists learn from them?
Index fossils are very important to geologists because they identify geological. The fossil snail is a particularly difficult animal to study.
Use batholith and accreted terrane in separate sentences?
There is more than one batholith in California. You can find accreted terrane in northern states.
The palo alto hills are an example of what?
a microplate terrane
How do you identify suspect terrane?
The lithology, age, fossils, and paleomagnetic orientation of a suspect terrane may differ from its host continent.
What do geologists call small accreted crustal fragments that have a geologic history distinct from adjacent blocks?
Terrane
What is an example of a terrane?
In geology, terrane is a shortened term for tectonostratigraphic terrane. Examples of a terrane would be Lhasa Terrane in Tibet and Pearya Terrane in the United States.
Geologists use unconformities to identify?
Gaps in time in the rock record
What are index and what do geologists learn from them?
Index fossils are very important to geologists because they identify geological. The fossil snail is a particularly difficult animal to study.
What is the difference between terrane and terrain?
"Terrain" refers to a topographic or geographic landscape configuration--for example, a "hilly terrain," or a "wooded terrain." "Terrane" refers to a lighologic or geologic areal expanse--for example, a "metamorphic terrane," or a "basaltic terrane."
What is the birth name of Jacques Terrane?
Jacques Terrane's birth name is Jacques Tartire.
How do geologists identify the minerals too small to be seen in a hand specimen?
color streak and luster
What are ways geologists use to identify minerals?
they have to look at the mineral.see what color it is.see the shape.how does it feel to you........?
When was Jacques Terrane born?
Jacques Terrane was born on August 23, 1915, in Paris, France.
Which of the following is not a characteristic that geologists use to identify minerals A Fracture B Color c Streak D Softness?
Some characteristics geologists use to identify minerals are fracture, luster, streak, density, cleavage and hardness. From the choices given, D is the one that is not a characteristic.
What refers to the investigative process by which geologists identify and match sedimentary strata and other rocks of the same ages in different areas?
The investigative process by which geologists identify and match sedimentary strata and other rocks of the same ages in different areas is referred to as correlation.
