Gutenberg Discontinuity is found between the :
Crust and mantle
Mantle and core
Upper core and Lower core
Upper mantle and lower mantle
The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is termed as :
Strike
Dip
Anticline
Free face
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Strike
The strike line of a bed,fault, is a line representing the intersection of that feature with the horizontal plane.
Paternoster lakes are :
Lakes formed on glacial stairways
Lakes having volcanic origin
Lakes formed by shallow stretch of water caused by sea erosion
Cresent shaped lakes are formed due to cut-off of a river meander
"The present is the key to the past." This phrase is related to the concept of :
Isostasy
Diatrophism
Plate Tectonics
Uniformitarianism
Which one of the following types of plate boundaries and motions are exemplified by the San Andreas Fault of California ?
Transform boundary with Sinistral motion
Transform boundary with dextral motion
Divergent boundary with sinistral motion
Convergent boundary with dextral motion
Wbich one of the following phenomena plays a vital role in the dispersion of majestic dinosaurs ?
Volcanic eruption
Zonal faulting
Global cooling
Continental Drift