| 1/ Why do mountain belts have high topography?
2/ Why do Mid-Oceanic Ridges (MORs) have high topography?
3/ Why does the Basin and Range Province have a high topography despite having a thin crust?
4/ How did Tibet formed?
5/ How did the Altiplano formed?
6/ What is the average elevation of Tibet?
7/ When did the collision between Tibet and Indian started?
8/ Name the two types of discontinuity that affect Mid-Oceanic Ridges.
9/ What characterises the state of stress acting on a material point?
10/ Which is the longest principal stress axis σ1 or σ3?
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11/ What shape has the stress ellipsoid when the state of stress is hydrostatic.
12/ When the state of stress in non homogeneous, it can be decomposesd into two components. Name these two components.
13/ To which component deformation is related to?
14/ What are the three main tectonic regimes?
15/ For each of them what can be said about the orientation of the regional state of stress?
16/ What are the main forces driving plates at the surface of the Earth?
17/ How can we explain the spatial variability of the tectonic regime in the western part of the US.
18/ What type of stress/strain relationship characterises elastic deformation?
19/ What is the main difference between elastic and plastic deformation?
20/ What is the yield point?
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