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Geology 2 Early Paleozoic
TCC Dr. Bregman Chapter 10
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Geology
Undergraduate 2
04/07/2016

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What is the basal Cambrian deposit on the passive trailing edge of the Cambrian Continent in the Grand Canyon?
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The Tapeats Sandstone
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What is the Silica-cemented, quartz pebble, sandy conglomerate that forms the basal Cambrian unit in Western Montana?
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Flathead Quartzite
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What was the the highland along the rift-uplift Keeweenawan time that extended from New Mexico to Minnesota?
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The transcontinental arch
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What was the highland in North Central Montana that was the provenance for the Flathead Quartzite?
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The Sweetwater Arch
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What collision produced the Taconic Highlands that extended into the Caledonian Highlands of Scotland?
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Logan's Thrust
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What modern areas were included in the Samfrau Geosyncline?
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South America, Africa, Australia
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What body of water was between Baltica and Laurentia?
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The Iapetus Seaway
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What produced the Salt deposits of the Michigan and Illinois Basins during the late Silurian?
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shallow marine evaporite basins
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What is the purest sandstone in the US?
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St Peter Sandstone
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The Williston Basin and the Appalachian Basin formed when?
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The Tippecanoe System
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What roduced the salt deposits of the Michigan and Ilinois Basins during the late Silurian?
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Shallow marine evaporite basins
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The North edge of the Laurentia was a stable carbonate shelf called the ______________ shelf?
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Franklinian
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The ________________ seaway was present between Baltica and Laurentia?
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Iapetus
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