Question 9

The illustration shows a cylinder of rock in a rock strength testing apparatus. Show by pencil or pen lines
the orientation of the fractures that are likely to develop as per the two conditions specified below:
(a) confining pressure is low (1 marks)

(b) confining pressure is moderate (1 marks).

Low confining pressure Moderate confining pressure

Question 10
Indicate the type of fau rock found in the brittle, brittle-ductile transition and ductile zone. List 2 for each zone (3
marks).
Brittle Zone Brittle-Ductile Transition Ductile Zone
1 2 occca 1. Caaclae2 1. CY/s/a
2 Ge uCnoBeC/a 2 l blasfo wAJAe
Question 11
In bullet points, briefly but fully explain the formation of the Owen Stanley Metamorphics, noting particularly the
sources and direction of stress components responsible for subdution, followed
by obduction of the overlying
sediments (5 marks).

NE and SU
l s on b fs
s aht plaTaS-Shess n
edrous 0.S çee SCnope cyfand

Sub &n/eo
don
fus Plialo
Auefanor phose
ubduced si)rmee
ese nefaat Phose eds no bouceo
eS/e fen bse
bnoyarcy
SouShy
Obbuchededr
pat of Gue rhz

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Translational Total strain

Heterogeneous Deviatoric
Shupe chau
SWaug Cns CYsm
Cn
rains in monomineralic rocks
(such as quartzite) recrystallize to form larger grains with curved
s (refer to image below). These grain boundaries meet at
ral grains behave in this manner 120-degree triple junctions. Explain
(3 marks).
hat is &e Shell pabhon /sTEo
Syonees CAapee

8
study the diagram below to answer this
(5 marks). question. Fully explain how/why the Malpaset Dam failure
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eological model. The fault
role was not taken into
was not detected and its
concideration.
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af walo bedybuplders
nway
Son gouge
0.5. 0.8m

Downstream
Arulf daun S/hean Va
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2 Sfrule

Question 4
What component of the stress does a pre-existing plane of weakness (eg. a fault) affect? Explain how this happens

(3 marks).
Poers,px Phane
Afeck sho S/eee
Led uces h e S/rese quned / broap
7 Ke rech, 87
Mo enelop dun
Shubns

Question 5
Diagram below shows a strain ellipsoid.
Indicate on the diagram where o1, o2 and o3 are acting (3 marks).

All

Question 6 to
what will happen
The following terms describe stress and strain in different materials. For each case, illustrate
the shape when stress is applied (4 marks)

2
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 The University of Papua New Guinea
Earth Sciences Division,
1.30510 Field and Structural Geology, Sem 1, 2021

Test 1: ID #: /41
Time allowed: 1 hour

Question 1
Briefly provide, in bullet points, the standard outline of a geological report (5 marks)

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Am

6Gele doseebos detaak

C S u chune cbore A

SAruciurt 6.eta

Cs

oferencas

Question12
What are the critical elements that must be included inface maps. List about 5 for full marks (5 marks).
T eR (of N atow
ii.
ii. aTo
iv. SCae
V

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