petrified | | breaking of the rock layers |
erosion | | wearing away of mountains and valleys |
terrain | | type of wood which is turned into rock |
soil | | small stream portion of river |
seismograph | | land forms which contains caves and sinkholes |
metamorphic | | sudden fault and slipping of rock layers |
paleontology | | rocks formed from the sediments |
crust | | Geological Survey of Canada |
stratified | | instrument for measuring earthquakes |
foothills | | rock type formed from cooling of molten rock |
erratic | | upward folding of rock could be a trap for oil |
lava | | downward folding of rock |
geology | | very old crab-like fossil found at Burgess shale |
geologist | | term describes the lay of the land |
glacier | | large mass of flowing ice |
tributary | | magma reaching the surface |
plate | | scientist who studies rocks and features of the earth |
crevasse | | study of fossils and historic life |
magma | | mineral and organic material, also called dirt |
karst | | remains or impression preserved in rocks |
earthquake | | eruption of lava to form a type of mountain |
valley | | large block of the earth's crust |
trilobite | | made up of layers |
sedimentary | | a hot spring which erupts |
igneous | | earth's outer layer of material |
syncline | | large rounded hills on eastern side of the rockies |
GSC | | large v-shaped break in a glacier |
mantle | | large boulder moved along on the glaciers |
fossil | | molten rock below the earth surface |
moraine | | between the crust and the core |
fault | | study of rocks and minerals |
volcano | | rock type formed by heat and pressure |
hoodoos | | pillars developed by erosion, sometimes have caps |
anticline | | space between the hills and mountains |
geyser | | found at the front and sides of glaciers |