These trivia questions form the basis of the quiz on Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Book by Gary Nichols! Have you had the chance to read either the original or revised version of this book? The quiz below is perfect for seeing how much you understood the book. Give it a shot and feel free to take the quiz as many times as you wish.
Questions and Answers
1.
Offshore from most coastlines, there is a region of shallow water, the continental shelf, which may stretch tens to hundreds of ………………… out to sea before the water deepens down to the abyssal depths of ocean basins.
A. 
Decameters
B. 
Meters
C. 
Kilometres
D. 
Miles
2.
The patterns and characteristics of deposition on shelves and epicontinental seas with abundant terrigenous clastic supply are controlled by the relative importance of wave, storm and ………………. processes.
A. 
Glacial
B. 
Fluvial
C. 
Tidal
D. 
Aeolian
3.
Hummocky cross-stratification (often abbreviated to HCS) is distinctive in form, consisting of rounded mounds of sand on the sea floor a few ............................... high and tens of .............................. across.
A. 
Meters, Kilometers
B. 
Centimetres, Meters
C. 
Meters, Inches
D. 
Centimetres, Centimetres
4.
. …………………………… are the products of storms that produce waves and currents that extend to and just below waves base in shallow shelf settings.
A. 
Concentrated Density Flow
B. 
Debris Flow
C. 
Turbidites
D. 
Tempestites
5.
The outer shelf area below storm wave base, the offshore zone, is predominantly a region of …………………… deposition.
A. 
Gravel
B. 
Sand
C. 
Mud
D. 
Silt
6.
……………………………… are made up of suspended material that was floating the ocean, away from shorelines and has settled on the sea floor.
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