Different plate boundaries
... Two plates can move past each other either in different directions, or in the same direction but at different speeds. Crust isn’t created or destroyed, so there are no volcanoes. ...
... Two plates can move past each other either in different directions, or in the same direction but at different speeds. Crust isn’t created or destroyed, so there are no volcanoes. ...
Unit 11 vocabulary
... 9) Divergent Boundary: Locations where plates are moving away from one another; occurs above rising convection currents and causes rifts, volcanoes and mid-ocean ridges ...
... 9) Divergent Boundary: Locations where plates are moving away from one another; occurs above rising convection currents and causes rifts, volcanoes and mid-ocean ridges ...
Deep submergence potential science
... least sampled and most poorly understood. And, of course, it is global in distribution. This is a region where species diversity decreases significantly with depth and distance from land, essentially as an attenuation of the bathyal fauna. In this region, populations of individual species shift from ...
... least sampled and most poorly understood. And, of course, it is global in distribution. This is a region where species diversity decreases significantly with depth and distance from land, essentially as an attenuation of the bathyal fauna. In this region, populations of individual species shift from ...
• Internal Structure of Earth and Plate Tectonics • Chapter 2 The
... Processes associated with creation, movement, and destruction of the lithospheric plates collectively is called plate tectonics Plate Tectonics Locations of earthquakes and Volcanoes Define Plate Boundaries Plates may include both a continent and part of an ocean basin or an ocean region alone ...
... Processes associated with creation, movement, and destruction of the lithospheric plates collectively is called plate tectonics Plate Tectonics Locations of earthquakes and Volcanoes Define Plate Boundaries Plates may include both a continent and part of an ocean basin or an ocean region alone ...
Morphology_of_Ocean_Basins
... Eastern Pacific ones bordered by land: high sedimentation rate Oceanic ones more deep and with less sediment Examples in Pacific Ocean: Kermadec, Japan, Marianas, Tonga Peru-Chile ...
... Eastern Pacific ones bordered by land: high sedimentation rate Oceanic ones more deep and with less sediment Examples in Pacific Ocean: Kermadec, Japan, Marianas, Tonga Peru-Chile ...
Chapter 3 Plate Tectonics Theory & Evolution
... How does this help confirm the theory of continental drift? Curie Point – at certain temp. magnetic properties (elements) of rock solidify Align with earth’s current magnetic field. . . Can determine Position of the “Poles” when the ...
... How does this help confirm the theory of continental drift? Curie Point – at certain temp. magnetic properties (elements) of rock solidify Align with earth’s current magnetic field. . . Can determine Position of the “Poles” when the ...
Plate Tectonics 2
... collide with anything for about 4000 km. How far in the future will this be? • c) When it does collide, who will be the lucky owners of a new accreted ...
... collide with anything for about 4000 km. How far in the future will this be? • c) When it does collide, who will be the lucky owners of a new accreted ...
Continental Drift & Seafloor Spreading
... Type 2: Ocean and continental: more dense oceanic subducts under less dense continental ...
... Type 2: Ocean and continental: more dense oceanic subducts under less dense continental ...
Ocean Floor Power Point
... Scientists are able to measure the direction and speed of ocean currents. Measure the different heights of the ocean surface to make maps of ocean floor. Can cover more territory using ...
... Scientists are able to measure the direction and speed of ocean currents. Measure the different heights of the ocean surface to make maps of ocean floor. Can cover more territory using ...
plates - pribaudo
... • NOT the continents that are drifting, it’s the PLATES • PLATES are composed of both oceanic and continental crust • FAULTS – the cracks between each plate ...
... • NOT the continents that are drifting, it’s the PLATES • PLATES are composed of both oceanic and continental crust • FAULTS – the cracks between each plate ...
Earth systems plate tectonics homework
... A _ zone is the place where two lithospheric plates converge, one riding over the other. Most volcanoes on land occur parallel to the boundary between the two plates. A. continental C. subduction B. convergent D. volcano Volcanoes are often formed at plate boundaries. This is a convergent plate boun ...
... A _ zone is the place where two lithospheric plates converge, one riding over the other. Most volcanoes on land occur parallel to the boundary between the two plates. A. continental C. subduction B. convergent D. volcano Volcanoes are often formed at plate boundaries. This is a convergent plate boun ...
OCR ASA Level Geography Exploring Oceans Learner Resource 1
... Oceanic trenches are one of the most hostile environments on earth, with temperatures just above freezing, no sunlight for photosynthesis and pressure more than 1000 times that on the surface. Organisms do exist here and are highly adapted with no bones or lungs. http://nationalgeographic.org/encycl ...
... Oceanic trenches are one of the most hostile environments on earth, with temperatures just above freezing, no sunlight for photosynthesis and pressure more than 1000 times that on the surface. Organisms do exist here and are highly adapted with no bones or lungs. http://nationalgeographic.org/encycl ...
PT Lessons - Fairmont State University
... Continent/continent- Because the plates are similar density and are both less dense than the asthenosphere, the plates collide, bend and buckle, forming mountains. Oceanic/oceanic- The denser of the two plates bends and sinks under the less dense plate. 8. Procedures and Content Presentation (attach ...
... Continent/continent- Because the plates are similar density and are both less dense than the asthenosphere, the plates collide, bend and buckle, forming mountains. Oceanic/oceanic- The denser of the two plates bends and sinks under the less dense plate. 8. Procedures and Content Presentation (attach ...
Geol100, Harbor Section, Review Session, 2012 p.
... o runoff (floods, effect of urbanization/development/agriculture) o energy loss is primary function, turbulence, pattern, bed shape o flow power (function of slope and water depth) – sediment loads (dissolved, suspended, bed), erosion by impact and scour o meandering (erosion outside of bend, floodp ...
... o runoff (floods, effect of urbanization/development/agriculture) o energy loss is primary function, turbulence, pattern, bed shape o flow power (function of slope and water depth) – sediment loads (dissolved, suspended, bed), erosion by impact and scour o meandering (erosion outside of bend, floodp ...
Oreos Plate Tectonics
... Don’t eat it yet! Don’t do anything with it yet, just look at it with amazement, because what you are looking at is….. The earth! ...
... Don’t eat it yet! Don’t do anything with it yet, just look at it with amazement, because what you are looking at is….. The earth! ...
The Theory of Plate Tectonics •The Earth`s ______ is
... The place where two plates meet is called a plate boundary. •Different landforms are created at plate boundaries depending on the direction plates are moving and the type of crust involved. Plate Types: -Oceanic crust = very dense; thin (basalt) -Continental crust = less dense; thick (granite) Types ...
... The place where two plates meet is called a plate boundary. •Different landforms are created at plate boundaries depending on the direction plates are moving and the type of crust involved. Plate Types: -Oceanic crust = very dense; thin (basalt) -Continental crust = less dense; thick (granite) Types ...
Plate tect - jenniferwells-lewis
... Catastrophism is the thought that Earth is very young, and events described in the Bible are responsible for the appearance of Earth’s features. The principle of uniformitarianism was introduced in 1788. This principle states that the forces which shaped the Earth are identical to the forces which a ...
... Catastrophism is the thought that Earth is very young, and events described in the Bible are responsible for the appearance of Earth’s features. The principle of uniformitarianism was introduced in 1788. This principle states that the forces which shaped the Earth are identical to the forces which a ...
Shoe Box Model of Ocean Floor Spreading
... 1. This is a model of a ________________________ plate boundary. 2. Why do the rough edges of the styrofoam make a good model of a plate boundary? ...
... 1. This is a model of a ________________________ plate boundary. 2. Why do the rough edges of the styrofoam make a good model of a plate boundary? ...
Tanya Shavalia The Farallon and Juan de Fuca Plates leaving only
... (Geology, 2003) posit that eclogites found in the Colorado Plateau may have originated as fragments of the subducted Farallon plate. The Juan de Fuca microplate system is located between 40 and 52 deg. N latitude, and comprises part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire". It subducts under the North American ...
... (Geology, 2003) posit that eclogites found in the Colorado Plateau may have originated as fragments of the subducted Farallon plate. The Juan de Fuca microplate system is located between 40 and 52 deg. N latitude, and comprises part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire". It subducts under the North American ...
Earth Structure
... Acid/Intermediate composition. On average 30 km thick but can be up to 90km thick in mountain ranges. Density of 2.7 g/cm3 Will not sink at subduction zones. Old: 4 billion (Precambrian) to Present ...
... Acid/Intermediate composition. On average 30 km thick but can be up to 90km thick in mountain ranges. Density of 2.7 g/cm3 Will not sink at subduction zones. Old: 4 billion (Precambrian) to Present ...
File
... • Earthquakes: “Shaking” in the earth due to plate movement. As the plates move, they put tension on themselves and each other. When the force is large enough, the crust is forced to break. When the break occurs, the stress is released as energy which moves through the Earth in the form of seismic w ...
... • Earthquakes: “Shaking” in the earth due to plate movement. As the plates move, they put tension on themselves and each other. When the force is large enough, the crust is forced to break. When the break occurs, the stress is released as energy which moves through the Earth in the form of seismic w ...
Plate Tectonics
... gather evidence that the continents had moved - a process called continental drift. His evidence suggested that the continents on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean had once been joined into a single large continent he called Pangaea, that gradually split apart over geologic time. In spite of the evid ...
... gather evidence that the continents had moved - a process called continental drift. His evidence suggested that the continents on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean had once been joined into a single large continent he called Pangaea, that gradually split apart over geologic time. In spite of the evid ...
Landforms depend on types of crust that meet
... • Explain how the Earth’s lithospheric plates move at the three types of plate boundaries, and discuss how this movement creates different types of landforms or events at each. ...
... • Explain how the Earth’s lithospheric plates move at the three types of plate boundaries, and discuss how this movement creates different types of landforms or events at each. ...
The Theory of Continental Drift
... Trenches often lie adjacent to chains of islands (island arcs) formed by magma from the subducted plate. ...
... Trenches often lie adjacent to chains of islands (island arcs) formed by magma from the subducted plate. ...
Oceanic trench
The oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the deepest parts of the ocean floor. Oceanic trenches are a distinctive morphological feature of convergent plate boundaries, along which lithospheric plates move towards each other at rates that vary from a few mm to over ten cm per year. A trench marks the position at which the flexed, subducting slab begins to descend beneath another lithospheric slab. Trenches are generally parallel to a volcanic island arc, and about 200 km (120 mi) from a volcanic arc. Oceanic trenches typically extend 3 to 4 km (1.9 to 2.5 mi) below the level of the surrounding oceanic floor. The greatest ocean depth to be sounded is in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench, at a depth of 11,034 m (36,201 ft) below sea level. Oceanic lithosphere moves into trenches at a global rate of about 3 km2/yr.