{"id":441,"date":"2021-02-02T10:16:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=441"},"modified":"2021-02-02T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:33:31","slug":"exercise-4-3-advanced-correlation-exercise","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/chapter\/exercise-4-3-advanced-correlation-exercise\/","title":{"raw":"Exercise 4.3. Advanced Correlation Exercise","rendered":"Exercise 4.3. Advanced Correlation Exercise"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>What To Do<\/h1>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">1. Refer to the printer-friendly worksheets you downloaded (<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/part\/lab-4-stratigraphic-correlation\/\">available at the beginning of Lab 4<\/a>). You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a> to download Figure 4.11 as a PNG file for editing with drawing software.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">2. Draw lithologic correlation lines to connect equivalent rock units (shown using Roman numerals) in Figure 4.11.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">3. Using a different colour, draw lines connecting equivalent time-stratigraphic units. <span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>The numbers beside the rock units correspond to time intervals.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">4. Answer the questions that follow Figure 4.11.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_442\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1225\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/chapter\/exercise-4-3-advanced-correlation-exercise\/f4-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-442\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-442\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"813\" \/><\/a> <strong>Figure 4.11 |<\/strong> Stratigraphic columns for Exercise 4.3.[\/caption]\r\n<h3>Questions<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">a. Not all the conglomerates are the same age. How could this occur?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">b. In what direction is the sourceland for the lower sandstone layer?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">c. What happens to the thickness of the shale layer from east to west? Considering your answer from <em>(b)<\/em> above, how do you explain this?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">d. Why is stratigraphic log A thinner than log G even though it represents a longer stratigraphic time interval?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">e. In log A, between which two time periods was the rate of sedimentation the greatest?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">f. In which log (A-H) was the rate of sedimentation the greatest?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">g. What is happening to water depth from time interval 1 to 6?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">h. What geologic processes or events do you think may have created the sedimentary patterns seen in this cross section?<\/p>","rendered":"<h1>What To Do<\/h1>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">1. Refer to the printer-friendly worksheets you downloaded (<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/part\/lab-4-stratigraphic-correlation\/\">available at the beginning of Lab 4<\/a>). You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a> to download Figure 4.11 as a PNG file for editing with drawing software.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">2. Draw lithologic correlation lines to connect equivalent rock units (shown using Roman numerals) in Figure 4.11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">3. Using a different colour, draw lines connecting equivalent time-stratigraphic units. <span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>The numbers beside the rock units correspond to time intervals.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">4. Answer the questions that follow Figure 4.11.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-442\" style=\"width: 1225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/chapter\/exercise-4-3-advanced-correlation-exercise\/f4-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-442\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-442\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11.png 1225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11-65x43.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11-225x149.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/02\/F4-11-350x232.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1225px) 100vw, 1225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 4.11 |<\/strong> Stratigraphic columns for Exercise 4.3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Questions<\/h3>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">a. Not all the conglomerates are the same age. How could this occur?<\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">b. In what direction is the sourceland for the lower sandstone layer?<\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">c. What happens to the thickness of the shale layer from east to west? Considering your answer from <em>(b)<\/em> above, how do you explain this?<\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">d. Why is stratigraphic log A thinner than log G even though it represents a longer stratigraphic time interval?<\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">e. In log A, between which two time periods was the rate of sedimentation the greatest?<\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">f. In which log (A-H) was the rate of sedimentation the greatest?<\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">g. What is happening to water depth from time interval 1 to 6?<\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">h. 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