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102 Syllabus
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IMPORTANT TERMS/CONCEPTS FOR GEOGRAPHY 102 Part II

poll4.gif (87 bytes)degradational/ erosional l'forms
poll4.gif (87 bytes)aggradational/ depositional l'forms
poll4.gif (87 bytes)alluvial fan
poll4.gif (87 bytes)rain splash
poll4.gif (87 bytes)rills, gulleys
poll4.gif (87 bytes)headward erosion
poll4.gif (87 bytes)stream load: suspended, dissolved, bed
poll4.gif (87 bytes)sliding, tumbling, saltation
poll4.gif (87 bytes)channel scouring
poll4.gif (87 bytes)alluvium
poll4.gif (87 bytes)graded stream
poll4.gif (87 bytes)alluvial stream
poll4.gif (87 bytes)flood plain, bluffs, levee, yazoo streams, backwater swamps
poll4.gif (87 bytes)oxbow lake, cutoff meander, scar
poll4.gif (87 bytes)cut bank, point-bar deposits
poll4.gif (87 bytes)bar-and-swale topography
poll4.gif (87 bytes)down-valley sweep
poll4.gif (87 bytes)base level
poll4.gif (87 bytes)stream rejuvenation
poll4.gif (87 bytes)entrenched meanders
poll4.gif (87 bytes)stream terrace
poll4.gif (87 bytes)natural bridge

poll1.gif (93 bytes)oceanic and continental crust, mantle, inner and outer core
poll1.gif (93 bytes)lithosphere, asthenosphere
poll1.gif (93 bytes)lithospheric plates, plate boundaries
poll1.gif (93 bytes)orogenesis
poll1.gif (93 bytes)plate divergence, spreading
poll0.gif (88 bytes)mid-oceanic ridge
poll0.gif (88 bytes)axial rift
poll0.gif (88 bytes)passive continental margin
poll0.gif (88 bytes)continental shelf
poll1.gif (93 bytes)plate convergence, collision
poll0.gif (88 bytes)plate subduction
poll0.gif (88 bytes)oceanic trenches
poll0.gif (88 bytes)volcanic chain/arc
poll0.gif (88 bytes)tectonic activity
poll0.gif (88 bytes)plate tectonics
poll0.gif (88 bytes)transform fault, San Andreas
poll0.gif (88 bytes)active continental margin
poll1.gif (93 bytes)hot spots, mantle plume
poll1.gif (93 bytes)Alpine mountain systems
poll1.gif (93 bytes)earthquakes
poll1.gif (93 bytes)Precambrian time
poll1.gif (93 bytes)Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic Eras
poll1.gif (93 bytes)Pleistocene, Holocene Epochs
poll1.gif (93 bytes)continental drift, Pangaea

poll4.gif (87 bytes)plutons: batholiths, sills, dikes, veins
poll4.gif (87 bytes)volcanic: magma chamber, crater, gas, lava, pyroclastics
poll4.gif (87 bytes)composite volcano (stratovolcano)
poll4.gif (87 bytes)shield volcano
poll4.gif (87 bytes)caldera
poll4.gif (87 bytes)flood basalt
poll4.gif (87 bytes)cinder cones
poll4.gif (87 bytes)faults: normal, reverse, transform, overthrust, fault plane, fault scarp
poll4.gif (87 bytes)graben, horst
poll4.gif (87 bytes)Basin and Range
poll4.gif (87 bytes)folds: anticline and syncline
poll4.gif (87 bytes)Valley and Ridge
poll4.gif (87 bytes)topographic inversion

poll1.gif (93 bytes)mesa, butte, spire
poll1.gif (93 bytes)badlands
poll1.gif (93 bytes)fall line
poll1.gif (93 bytes)coastal plain
poll1.gif (93 bytes)domes
poll1.gif (93 bytes)hogback, cuesta
poll1.gif (93 bytes)continental collision zones
poll1.gif (93 bytes)folded belts, fold trains
poll1.gif (93 bytes)regional/ contact metamorphism
poll1.gif (93 bytes)streams: consequent, subsequent, antecedent
poll1.gif (93 bytes)drainage patterns: trellis, annular, radial, dendritic

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For further information, please contact

Professor Kenneth M. Hinkel, Department of Geography, 712 Swift Hall, ML 131
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0131
Phone: (513) 556-3430, Fax: (513) 556-3370, E-mail: ken_hinkel@compuserve.com

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