Rhodes and Rich. Be able to define and use these principles. The Geologic Time Scale Know everything on the handout. Be able to do problems like those on the homework assignment. Describe this hypothesis.
Stress is force imposed on rocks.
Compressional - squeezing. Types of deformation Elastic, brittle, ductile, plastic. Anticline, syncline, dome, basin, fold axis, axial plane. Rocks are strong. Be able to determine fold type from strike and dip, or ages of exposed rocks.