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04-BS-14: December 2013

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  1. Question 1 Term Pairs
  2. Question 2 Rock Identification
  3. Question 3 Mass Wasting
  4. Question 4 Structural Geology Terms
  5. Question 5 Darcy's Law and Groundwater Flow
  6. Question 6 Geologic Map – Strike, Dip and Stratigraphy
  7. Question 7 Glacial Deposits
  8. Question 8 Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle
  9. Question 9 Drainage Patterns

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04-BS-14 Geology – National Examinations, December 2013. Closed-book exam (Casio/Sharp-approved calculator, ruler, protractor permitted). The paper format asks for Question 1 plus 6 of the remaining 8 questions; every question is answered below.

Reference texts: Goodman, Engineering Geology: Rock in Engineering Construction; Freeze & Cherry, Groundwater; Marshak, Earth: Portrait of a Planet.