HOT SPOT ACTIVITY
... 6. The slope of the line will give you the speed of the plate, in kilometers per millions of years. 7. Extension: Convert the speed from km/millions of years to centimeters per year. Questions for Class Discussion Do you see a trend in the data? If so, how can this trend be explained? Are these data ...
... 6. The slope of the line will give you the speed of the plate, in kilometers per millions of years. 7. Extension: Convert the speed from km/millions of years to centimeters per year. Questions for Class Discussion Do you see a trend in the data? If so, how can this trend be explained? Are these data ...
Volcano Lab 16-17 File
... Igneous rock was once melted and cooled to form a solid. The faster the rock cools, the smaller the crystals in the rock. When rock cools very inside the earth slowly we call it intrusive. The crystals that form grow to large sizes like the granite in our lab desk tops. When rocks cool quickly, near ...
... Igneous rock was once melted and cooled to form a solid. The faster the rock cools, the smaller the crystals in the rock. When rock cools very inside the earth slowly we call it intrusive. The crystals that form grow to large sizes like the granite in our lab desk tops. When rocks cool quickly, near ...
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... Seismic is of or having to do with the movement of tectonic plates Seismologists can use seismographs to measure the intensity of an earthquake It is attached to the ___________________ to detect vibrations ___________________ is the process of a solid taking on fluid qualities, like quicksa ...
... Seismic is of or having to do with the movement of tectonic plates Seismologists can use seismographs to measure the intensity of an earthquake It is attached to the ___________________ to detect vibrations ___________________ is the process of a solid taking on fluid qualities, like quicksa ...
Plate Tectonics Continental Drift
... current plate movements continue unchanged, part of California will become an island off the coast of Washington, the Mediterranean Sea may close, and eastern ...
... current plate movements continue unchanged, part of California will become an island off the coast of Washington, the Mediterranean Sea may close, and eastern ...
STRESS – is the total amount of force that is placed upon crustal
... The name given to the energy released when slippage occurs along a fault plane is known as seismic waves. This energy is released along the fault plane at the one specific point where the slippage first occurs which is known as the focus. Directly above the focus on the earth’s surface is point know ...
... The name given to the energy released when slippage occurs along a fault plane is known as seismic waves. This energy is released along the fault plane at the one specific point where the slippage first occurs which is known as the focus. Directly above the focus on the earth’s surface is point know ...
Kein Folientitel - Solar System School
... asteroid belt. Collisions in the asteroid belt break up larger bodies and send the fragments onto different orbits. The orbits of some fragments are perturbed by large planets in such a way that the perihel migrates to less than 1 AU, opening the chance for collision with Earth. The asteroid belt is ...
... asteroid belt. Collisions in the asteroid belt break up larger bodies and send the fragments onto different orbits. The orbits of some fragments are perturbed by large planets in such a way that the perihel migrates to less than 1 AU, opening the chance for collision with Earth. The asteroid belt is ...
1 UNIT 10 Plate Tectonics Study Guide Chapters 1, 2, 9, and most of
... - A massive ancient continental glacier must have covered several of these continents at the same time. This could be demonstrated by studying the ancient glacial striations remaining from that glacier. - Paleoclimatic studies of coral reefs imply that certain portions of today’s continents are pre ...
... - A massive ancient continental glacier must have covered several of these continents at the same time. This could be demonstrated by studying the ancient glacial striations remaining from that glacier. - Paleoclimatic studies of coral reefs imply that certain portions of today’s continents are pre ...
Plate Movement - San Jose Unified School District
... overlying lithosphere as it is stretched. Rising convection currents of heated mantle material raises the temperature of this region, and also brings up volatiles such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide into the mantle rocks below the developing rift system, which helps lower the melting point of ...
... overlying lithosphere as it is stretched. Rising convection currents of heated mantle material raises the temperature of this region, and also brings up volatiles such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide into the mantle rocks below the developing rift system, which helps lower the melting point of ...
Minerals, Rocks and Resources Outline
... – Renewable resources can be replaced after they have been used • trees, fresh water, wind – Nonrenewable resources cannot be replenished after they are used for millions of years, if at all • Metals - gold, copper, iron, Fossil Fuels – coal, oil and natural gas Alternative Energy Sources • Solar en ...
... – Renewable resources can be replaced after they have been used • trees, fresh water, wind – Nonrenewable resources cannot be replenished after they are used for millions of years, if at all • Metals - gold, copper, iron, Fossil Fuels – coal, oil and natural gas Alternative Energy Sources • Solar en ...
How we found about EARTHQUAKES Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov is
... dishes. There are very many more that are so small they can hardly be felt. Is there any way of detecting the little shivers set up by small earthquakes or by large earthquakes far away? It wasn’t until 1855, a hundred years after the great Lisbon earthquake, that the first such device was built. Th ...
... dishes. There are very many more that are so small they can hardly be felt. Is there any way of detecting the little shivers set up by small earthquakes or by large earthquakes far away? It wasn’t until 1855, a hundred years after the great Lisbon earthquake, that the first such device was built. Th ...
Earthquakes
... 3. Using the information provided in your readings, colour and identify the following three diagrams as earthquakes that occur at either; Divergent Boundaries, Convergent Boundaries or Earthquakes that occur at Transform Fault Boundaries You will be marked out of 5 for your ability to complete the d ...
... 3. Using the information provided in your readings, colour and identify the following three diagrams as earthquakes that occur at either; Divergent Boundaries, Convergent Boundaries or Earthquakes that occur at Transform Fault Boundaries You will be marked out of 5 for your ability to complete the d ...
2001310 Earth Space Science Study Guide
... Define satellite and give examples. Understand the relationship between gravity and energy and how it relates to the Universe. Understand the concept of stellar evolution rate and the factors related to it. Identify ...
... Define satellite and give examples. Understand the relationship between gravity and energy and how it relates to the Universe. Understand the concept of stellar evolution rate and the factors related to it. Identify ...
Slide 1
... Other factors used are: hydrocarbon characteristics, types of sedimentary sequences filling the basin, and the tectonics that modify the sediment infill If on the other hand one is interested in WHERE they are to be found with respect to PLATE TECTONIC boundaries we might also get a hint about the m ...
... Other factors used are: hydrocarbon characteristics, types of sedimentary sequences filling the basin, and the tectonics that modify the sediment infill If on the other hand one is interested in WHERE they are to be found with respect to PLATE TECTONIC boundaries we might also get a hint about the m ...
Along this axis of the Aleutian Trench lies the subduction zone, in
... submarines belonging to the Dutch Navy. Having solved each of the other 3 problems, Vening Meinesz enjoyed one of these important “Eureka” moments of 20th century western sciences. As soon as word got out to other scientists, Harry Hess, Teddy Bullard, and Maurice Ewing, they could not wait to get V ...
... submarines belonging to the Dutch Navy. Having solved each of the other 3 problems, Vening Meinesz enjoyed one of these important “Eureka” moments of 20th century western sciences. As soon as word got out to other scientists, Harry Hess, Teddy Bullard, and Maurice Ewing, they could not wait to get V ...
Background Information
... mechanically. To look at the earth’s chemical composition is to focus on what each layer of the earth is made of. To look at the earth in the mechanical sense is to focus on how each layer behaves based on its composition and depth. Inside the earth, pressure and temperature increase as depth increa ...
... mechanically. To look at the earth’s chemical composition is to focus on what each layer of the earth is made of. To look at the earth in the mechanical sense is to focus on how each layer behaves based on its composition and depth. Inside the earth, pressure and temperature increase as depth increa ...
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... The Theory of Plate Tectonics • The Earth’s is constantly changing • The Earth’s crust is divided into 8 large plates (and several small plates) • Almost all major earthquake or volcano activity occurs along the plate boundaries • Because each plate moves as a unit, the interiors of the plates are ...
... The Theory of Plate Tectonics • The Earth’s is constantly changing • The Earth’s crust is divided into 8 large plates (and several small plates) • Almost all major earthquake or volcano activity occurs along the plate boundaries • Because each plate moves as a unit, the interiors of the plates are ...
Glaciation
... o Valley – glaciers are in high mountaintops and are not as thick Valley glaciers form from rain at the top of a mountain top, and the water is compressed and frozen into ice o Firn – Highly compacted ice o Crust – outside layer of a glacier o The rest of the glacier is like “deformable plastic” ice ...
... o Valley – glaciers are in high mountaintops and are not as thick Valley glaciers form from rain at the top of a mountain top, and the water is compressed and frozen into ice o Firn – Highly compacted ice o Crust – outside layer of a glacier o The rest of the glacier is like “deformable plastic” ice ...
Cider+oxygen+langmui..
... • To increase upper mantle Fe3+/Fe2+ by 1% requires 2 billion years of present Fe3+ subduction. – Data suggest deep ocean not oxidized prior to 700Ma – Even small increase of mantle Fe3+ requires thousands of examoles of subducted oxidized material-- makes ...
... • To increase upper mantle Fe3+/Fe2+ by 1% requires 2 billion years of present Fe3+ subduction. – Data suggest deep ocean not oxidized prior to 700Ma – Even small increase of mantle Fe3+ requires thousands of examoles of subducted oxidized material-- makes ...
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... 1. The crust is soil and rock that floats on a mantle of partly melted and solid rock. 2. The core is intensely hot. It has a solid inner part surrounded by a liquid core of molten or semisolid material. 3. The mantle is a thick, solid zone. It is mostly solid rock, but an area called the asthenosph ...
... 1. The crust is soil and rock that floats on a mantle of partly melted and solid rock. 2. The core is intensely hot. It has a solid inner part surrounded by a liquid core of molten or semisolid material. 3. The mantle is a thick, solid zone. It is mostly solid rock, but an area called the asthenosph ...
EU4PRT
... Mountain Building Deformation and Mountain Building Lesson 6 Measuring Earthquake Waves Seismic Waves Earthquake Magnitude & ...
... Mountain Building Deformation and Mountain Building Lesson 6 Measuring Earthquake Waves Seismic Waves Earthquake Magnitude & ...
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... (GEMLAB: Geodynamic Earth Model of Los Alamos and Berkeley). The model was obtained by imposing mid-Mesozoic plate motions until quasi steady-state was reached (see text). Blue is cold and red is hot. The upper 50 km of the mantle are removed in order to show the convective planform. Present-day pla ...
... (GEMLAB: Geodynamic Earth Model of Los Alamos and Berkeley). The model was obtained by imposing mid-Mesozoic plate motions until quasi steady-state was reached (see text). Blue is cold and red is hot. The upper 50 km of the mantle are removed in order to show the convective planform. Present-day pla ...
Geophysics
Geophysics /dʒiːoʊfɪzɪks/ is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and composition; its dynamics and their surface expression in plate tectonics, the generation of magmas, volcanism and rock formation. However, modern geophysics organizations use a broader definition that includes the water cycle including snow and ice; fluid dynamics of the oceans and the atmosphere; electricity and magnetism in the ionosphere and magnetosphere and solar-terrestrial relations; and analogous problems associated with the Moon and other planets.Although geophysics was only recognized as a separate discipline in the 19th century, its origins go back to ancient times. The first magnetic compasses were made from lodestones, while more modern magnetic compasses played an important role in the history of navigation. The first seismic instrument was built in 132 BC. Isaac Newton applied his theory of mechanics to the tides and the precession of the equinox; and instruments were developed to measure the Earth's shape, density and gravity field, as well as the components of the water cycle. In the 20th century, geophysical methods were developed for remote exploration of the solid Earth and the ocean, and geophysics played an essential role in the development of the theory of plate tectonics.Geophysics is applied to societal needs, such as mineral resources, mitigation of natural hazards and environmental protection. Geophysical survey data are used to analyze potential petroleum reservoirs and mineral deposits, locate groundwater, find archaeological relics, determine the thickness of glaciers and soils, and assess sites for environmental remediation.