Questions1through 4: Multiple Choice: For each of the samples listed classify each rock from the choices given.1.Sample GOT 101: a.graniteb.gneissc.limestoned.sandstonee.marble2.Sample GOT 103: a.graniteb.dioritec.schistd.gneisse.marble3.Sample GOT 105: a.graniteb.dioritec.rhyolited.gabbroe.andesite4.Sample GOT 107: a.graniteb.gneissc.limestoned.sandstonee.marble5.Sample GOT 109: a.marbleb.chertc.limestoned.shalee.slate6.Sample GOT 111: a.shaleb.limestonec.serpentinited.cherte.sandstoneQuestions 7through 10: Multiple Choice: Mark the bestanswer for each question posed below.7.What does the texture of sample GOT 102 tell you about the rock’s origin?a.The rockformed from a single phase of slow cooling deep underground.b.The rock formed from a single phase of rapid cooling at the surface.c.The rock formed from two phases of cooling slow followed by fast forming finally as a rock at the surface.d.The rock formed from cooling and reheating in multiple phases.e.None of the above asnwers is correct.Introductory Geology-2-Final Exam8.What does the texture of sample GOT 104 tell you about the rock’s origin?a.The rock formed from a single phase of slow cooling deep underground.b.The rock formed from a singlephase of rapid cooling at the surface.c.The rock formed from two phases of cooling slow followed by fast forming finally as a rock at the surface.d.The rock formed from cooling and reheating in multiple phases.e.None of the above asnwers is correct.9.What does the texture of sample GOT 108tell you about the rock’s origin?a.The rock formed from a single phase of slow cooling deep underground.b.The rock formed from a single phase of rapid cooling at the surface.c.The rock formed from two phases of cooling slow followed by fast forming finally as a rock at the surface.d.The rock formed from cooling and reheating in multiple phases.e.None of the above asnwers is correct.10.What does the grain sizeof sample GOT 112tell you about the rock’s origin?a.The rock formed in an environment of low depositional energy.b.The rock formed in an environment of high depositional energy.c.The rock formed in an aeolian (wind transported) environment.d.All of the above answers are correct.e.None of the above asnwers is correct.For questions 11through 20please refer to Figure 3 Cliff Exposures at Vaes Dathrak.Questions 11through 17: Multiple Choice: Mark the bestanswer for each question posed below.11.What type of contact exists between Unit 11 and Unit 10?a.a comforable depositional contactb.an intrusive contactc.a noncoformityd.a disconformitye.an angular unconformity12.A fault cuts the lowest portion of the northern section of this outcrop. What type of fault is this?a.a right-lateral strike-slip faultb.a left-lateral strike-slip faultc.a normal faultd.a reverse (thrust) fault13.What type of contact exists at the base of unit 9 south of the fault?a.a comforable depositional contactb.an intrusive contactc.a noncoformityd.a disconformitye.an angular unconformity
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“When you play the Game of Stones, you
learn or you fail. There is no middle ground.”
Reacts with HCl acid
Sample GOT-101
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Figure 6
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Wedding site of Drogo and
Daenerys Targaryen
Figure 3
Vaes Dathrak
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Scale
Legend
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Cross-sections see Figure 5
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Figure 5
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Figure 4
Figure1 Map of the Known World
Biotite
Sample GOT-102
Light-gray aphanitic groundmass
Pyroxene
Phenocrysts
Orthoclase
Crystalline
Sample GOT-103
This map is based on the world map from
Lands of Ice and Fire a collection of maps
based on the book series A Song of Ice and
Fire. These are the stories upon which the
popular HBO Series Game of Thrones is
based. It isused here along with photos
from the HBO series for strictly educational,
non-commerical use. It or the included
photos may not be used for any other
purpose.
Figure 2 Rock Samples of Westeros
Locations and photos of outcrops and rock samples
archived by the Maesters of the seven kingdoms. Map
locations are shown with location of the Tower of Joy
approximated.
Glassy Texture
Sample GOT-104
Dragonstone
Quartz
King’s Landing
Orthoclase
Sample GOT-105
Tower of Joy
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800
Clast size > 2mm
Sample GOT-106
600 miles
Grain size < 2mm
and > 1/16mm
1000 km
Sample GOT-107
Figure 2 Rock Samples of Westeros
Locations and photos of outcrops and rock samples
archived by the Maesters of the seven kingdoms. Map
locations are shown with location of the Tower of Joy
approximated.
Glassy Texture
Sample GOT-104
Dragonstone
Quartz
King’s Landing
Orthoclase
Sample GOT-105
Tower of Joy
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Scale
800
Clast size > 2mm
Sample GOT-106
600 miles
Grain size < 2mm
and > 1/16mm
1000 km
Sample GOT-107
Slaverr’s
Formation
Figure 4 Columnar Sections Across Essos
Columnar sections showing the the geology of the continent
of Essos from SW to NE. Map shows locations. Arrows in each
show the extant of exposed formations.
Marine Fossils
Gradded-bedding
Symmetric ripples
Fossil Corrals
cross-bedded
Sandstone
Shale
Sandstone
Shale
Sandstone
Chert
Coal
Granite
Limestone
Basalt
Limestone
Slaverr’s
Formation
Turbidite
Turbidite
Turbidite
Chroyane Formation
900 km
Chroyane
Formation
Chroyane Formation
Dothraki Formation
Dothraki
Formation
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Scale
Chroyane Formation
Preserved channel
300
Conglomerate
Asymmetric ripples
Leaf Fossils
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Dothraki Formation
Sedimentary
Structures
Turbidite
Fossils
Rock Units
Figure 5 Cross-sections of Western Essos.
Cross-sections along NW to SE lines in Western Essos.
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Igneous
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500 m
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Sedimentary
Diorite
Breccia
Basalt
Fractured Sandstone Massive Sandstone
Limestone
Volcanic Breccia
Metamorphic
Gneiss
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Granite
Schist
Breccia
Conglomerate
Cross-bedded Sandstone
Sandstone
Shale
Shale
Dolomite
Limey-Shale
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Geology 10: Introductory Geology
Dr. Christopher DiLeonardo
Winter Quarter 2019
Earth & Space Sciences Program
FINAL EXAM PART A Take-Home Collaborative-Exam
Part A Take Home (150 points/ 3 points each)
Mark all answers for Part A questions on your Parscore® form! Due at the beginning of the final exam.
Please use #2 Pencil ONLY to mark on exam Parscore® form!
You have been selected by the Maesters of the Seven Kingdoms to help compile the volume The Geology
of the Known World. This volume will be kept in the library at the Citadel for future study. Use the
information gathered for you from across different parts of the known world to answer the questions
below… you are now playing the Game of Stones.
For questions 1 through 6 please refer to the rock samples from across the known world found in
figures 1 through 3.
Questions 1 through 4: Multiple Choice: For each of the samples listed classify each rock from
the choices given.
1. Sample GOT 101:
a. granite
b. gneiss
c. limestone
d. sandstone
e. marble
2. Sample GOT 103:
a. granite
b. diorite
c. schist
d. gneiss
e. marble
3. Sample GOT 105:
a. granite
b. diorite
c. rhyolite
d. gabbro
e. andesite
4. Sample GOT 107:
a. granite
b. gneiss
c. limestone
d. sandstone
e. marble
5. Sample GOT 109:
a. marble
b. chert
c. limestone
d. shale
e. slate
6. Sample GOT 111:
a. shale
b. limestone
c. serpentinite
d. chert
e. sandstone
Questions 7 through 10: Multiple Choice: Mark the best answer for each question posed below.
7. What does the texture of sample GOT 102 tell you about the rock’s origin?
a. The rock formed from a single phase of slow cooling deep underground.
b. The rock formed from a single phase of rapid cooling at the surface.
c. The rock formed from two phases of cooling slow followed by fast forming
finally as a rock at the surface.
d. The rock formed from cooling and reheating in multiple phases.
e. None of the above asnwers is correct.
Introductory Geology
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Final Exam Part A
8. What does the texture of sample GOT 104 tell you about the rock’s origin?
a. The rock formed from a single phase of slow cooling deep underground.
b. The rock formed from a single phase of rapid cooling at the surface.
c. The rock formed from two phases of cooling slow followed by fast forming
finally as a rock at the surface.
d. The rock formed from cooling and reheating in multiple phases.
e. None of the above asnwers is correct.
9. What does the texture of sample GOT 108 tell you about the rock’s origin?
a. The rock formed from a single phase of slow cooling deep underground.
b. The rock formed from a single phase of rapid cooling at the surface.
c. The rock formed from two phases of cooling slow followed by fast forming
finally as a rock at the surface.
d. The rock formed from cooling and reheating in multiple phases.
e. None of the above asnwers is correct.
10. What does the grain size of sample GOT 112 tell you about the rock’s origin?
a. The rock formed in an environment of low depositional energy.
b. The rock formed in an environment of high depositional energy.
c. The rock formed in an aeolian (wind transported) environment.
d. All of the above answers are correct.
e. None of the above asnwers is correct.
For questions 11 through 20 please refer to Figure 3 Cliff Exposures at Vaes Dathrak.
Questions 11 through 17: Multiple Choice: Mark the best answer for each question posed below.
11. What type of contact exists between Unit 11 and Unit 10?
a. a comforable depositional contact
b. an intrusive contact
c. a noncoformity
d. a disconformity
e. an angular unconformity
12. A fault cuts the lowest portion of the northern section of this outcrop. What type of
fault is this?
a. a right-lateral strike-slip fault
b. a left-lateral strike-slip fault
c. a normal fault
d. a reverse (thrust) fault
13. What type of contact exists at the base of unit 9 south of the fault?
a. a comforable depositional contact
b. an intrusive contact
c. a noncoformity
d. a disconformity
e. an angular unconformity
Introductory Geology
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Final Exam
14. There are two contacts between the limey-shale unit 1 and the breccia unit 2 at the
bottom of the cliff-exposure. One is a simple conformable depositional contact, the
other type of contact is an example of a(n):
a. nonconformity.
b. angular unconformity.
c. disconformity.
d. intrusive contact.
e. fault (tectonic) contact.
15. The oldest rock type exposed in this outcrop is a(n):
a. Limey-shale.
b. breccia.
c. sandstone.
d. chert.
e. basalt.
16. What principle best supports the answer to the question 15 above? Hint: how did
you determine the oldest rock type from the next oldest?
a. The principle of original horizontality.
b. The principle of stratigraphic superposition.
c. The principle of original continuity.
d. The principle of inclusion.
e. The principle of cross-cutting relationships.
Questions 14 through 16: True/False (Note: True is T(a) and False F(b) on your ParScore®
form).
17. Faulting within the cliff exposures at Vaes Dathrak is still active.
18. The fault within this cliff exposure is the product of tension.
19. The contact at the base of the basalt (unit 14) is an intrusive contact.
20. Units 11 and 12 could have been depsoited in a shallow marine environment in a
passive continental margin setting.
Questions 21 through 25 please refer to the columnar sections across Essos (Figure 4).
Questions 1 through 3: Matching: for each formation indicate the environment of deposition.
SEDIMENTARY
ENVIRONMENT
FORMATION
21. Slaver’s Formation
______________
A. Shallow Marine
D. Deep Marine
22. Dothraki Formation
______________
B. Desert
E. Fluvial
23. Chroyane Formation
______________
C. Glacial
24. Was sealevel rising or falling during deposition?
a. rising
b. falling
25. For the area of Essos depicted by the columnar sections, in which direction would
someone have to travel during deposition to head “offshore?”
a. Southwest
b. Northeast
Introductory Geology
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Final Exam
For questions 26 through 40 please refer to the NW – SE cross section A – A’ across Essos (Figure 5).
Questions 26 through 40: Multiple Choice: Mark the best answer for each question.
26. Which rock type is the oldest in the cross section A – A’?
a. granite
b. gneiss
c. basalt
d. fractured sandstone
e. dolomite
27. What relationship best supports your answer to question 26?
a. cross-cutting relationship
b. principle of inclusion
c. principle of stratigraphic superposition
d. principle of original continuity
e. principle of original horizontality
28. Which rock type is the youngest in the exposed sequence SE of the fault?
a. gneiss
b. granite
c. basalt
d. fractured sandstone
e. dolomite
29. The youngest sedimentary unit in the “tilted sequence” beneath the Dolomite?
a. massive sandstone.
b. conglomerate.
c. fractured sandstone.
d. the upper breccia unit.
e. the lower breccia unit.
30. A fault cuts the cross-section dipping to the northwest. What type of fault is this?
a. a right-lateral strike-slip fault
b. a left-lateral strike-slip fault
c. a normal fault
d. a reverse (thrust) fault
31. What is the age of the fault relative to the age of the granite?
a. the granite is younger than the fault
b. the granite is older than the fault
c. the fault and the granite intrusion are the same age
d. there is no way to tell the age relationships from the cross-section
32. The contact between the granite and the tilted sequence is a(n):
a. nonconformity.
b. angular unconformity.
c. disconformity.
d. intrusive contact.
e. fault (tectonic) contact.
Introductory Geology
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Final Exam
33. The contact at the base of the lower breccia unit is a(n):
a. nonconformity.
b. angular unconformity.
c. disconformity.
d. intrusive contact.
e. fault (tectonic) contact.
34. The contact between the dolomite and the underlying tilted sequence is an example
of a(n):
a. nonconformity.
b. angular unconformity.
c. disconformity.
d. intrusive contact.
e. fault (tectonic) contact.
35. The contact between the dolomite and the underlying granite is an example of a(n):
a. nonconformity.
b. angular unconformity.
c. disconformity.
d. intrusive contact.
e. fault (tectonic) contact.
36. The tilted sequence generally dips in which direction?
a. Northwest
b. Southwest
c. Northeast
d. Southeast
37. The fault depicted in this cross-section is the product of what kind of stress on the
crust?
a. compression
b. tension
c. latteral shearing stress
d. impossible to know from the information given
38. Which statement best descibes the activity of the fault?
a. The fault depicted in this cross-section is inactive.
b. The fault depicted in this cross-section could be active.
c. It is imposible to tell if the fault is likely active or not.
39. How many periods of mountain building are depicted in this cross-section?
a. 1
b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
e. there are no mountain building events depicted
40. Could the faulting and volcanism depicted in this cross-section have occurred in the
same plate-tectonic setting?
a. Yes they more than likely formed in the same tectonic setting.
b. No the faulting and the two volcanic events depicted happen in dfferent
tecontic settings.
Introductory Geology
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Final Exam
For questions 41 through 50 please refer to the Geologic map Southwest of The Bite.
Questions 41 through 50: Multiple Choice: Mark the best answer for each question posed
below.
41. Three major NE-SW trending thrust faults cut through the area. These are parallel to
the axial traces of the folds in this region. Are they both formed from the same type
of stress regime?
a. yes
b. no
c. not always
42. If your answer to question 41 was yes (a), what stress regime does the deformation
of the crust represent?
a. tension
d. my answer to question 41 was
b. compression
either b or c.
c. latteral shearing stress
43. Consider the three minor faults in the area (Flt1 through Flt3). Flt1 is what kind of
structure?
a. a right-lateral strike-slip fault
b. a left-lateral strike-slip fault
c. a normal fault
d. a reverse (thrust) fault
44. Faults Flt1 formed under what kind of crustal stress?
a. tension
b. compression
c. latteral shearing stress
45. The Maesters need to know the attitude (strike and dip) of rock units in this fold and
thrust belt. What best describes the strike and dip of beds in unit 4 at L2?
a. striking NW dipping NE
b. striking NW dipping SW
c. striking NE dipping SE
d. striking NE dipping NW
e. there is no way to tell from the information on the map
46. The Maesters need to know the attitude (strike and dip) of rock units in this fold and
thrust belt. What best describes the strike and dip of beds in unit 4 at L4?
a. striking aprroximately N-S dipping E
b. striking aprroximately N-S dipping W
c. striking aprroximately E-W dipping N
d. striking aprroximately E-W dipping S
e. there is no way to tell from the information on the map
47. What type of fold is F5?
a. a nonplunging syncline
b. a nonplunging anticline
c. a plunging syncline
d. a plunging anticline
Introductory Geology
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Final Exam
48. What is the direction of plunge for fold F5?
a. towards the SW
b. towards the NW
c. towards the SE
d. towards the NE
e. this is a nonplunging fold
49. What type of fold is F3?
a. a nonplunging syncline
b. a nonplunging anticline
c. a plunging syncline
d. a plunging anticline
50. What is the direction of plunge for fold F3?
a. towards the SW
b. towards the NW
c. towards the SE
d. towards the NE
e. this is a nonplunging fold
end of part A of Final Exam
NOTE: Please make sure of the following prior to coming to sit for the Part B portion of the Final Exam.
1. Be sure that your answers have been marked on an appropriate par score form using #2 pencil.
2. Make sure that any erasures have been made completely and that they are not smeared.
3. Be sure to put your name in both places on the ParScore® form and that it is “bubbled in.”
4. Make sure your PIN number is used in the area that says “student ID” and that you have
bubbled this in as well.
5. You may NOT have these questions out when sitting for the Part B portion of the Final Exam.
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