Seasonal changes (Spring versus Winter) affect rates of the following phenomena, and therefore provide additional information for determining rock age:

a. Shell growth (one shell growth ring = one year)
b. Snow accumulation (rhythmic layering in a glacial ice)
c. Clastic sediment deposition (rhythmic layering in sediments)
d. Chemical sediment precipitation
e. All of the above


Answer: e. All of the above

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

To which of the following percentages is relative humidity often nearest in the polar regions?

A. 70% B. 60% C. 100% D. 40%

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Which of the following is the correct order of filling orbitals?

A) 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 3d, 4s B) 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, 3d C) 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 2p, 3p, 3d D) none of these

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Match the capitals with the U.S. states and Canadian provinces.

A) Springfield B) Winnipeg C) Victoria D) Sacramento E) Tallahassee F) Richmond G) Quebec City H) Austin I) Albany J) Edmonton 66) New York 67) Alberta 68) Quebec 69) Virginia 70) California 71) Texas 72) Florida 73) British Columbia 74) Manitoba 75) Illinois

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

During the Columbian Exchange many agricultural products were exchanged between Europe and the Americas. List some products that diffused from the Old World to the New World

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences