Fun with Geoscience Trivia

1. What name is given to the study of past topographies?
   
    PALEOTOPOGRAPHY


2. What general term is used to describe the sequence of sediments that occur during the lowering or withdrawal of water from a lake or ocean?
   
    REGRESSION SEQUENCE


3. Schorl is a black form of what mineral?
   
    TOURMALINE
   

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