E8C4_PlateMovement_Final
... shaping the planet. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building are geologic events that result from the very slow movement of large crustal plates. Although earthquake and volcanic events may be “destructive” to society, they are responsible for creating much of the topography present on our plan ...
... shaping the planet. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building are geologic events that result from the very slow movement of large crustal plates. Although earthquake and volcanic events may be “destructive” to society, they are responsible for creating much of the topography present on our plan ...
Scripps Classroom Connection
... • High topography • Chunks of crust are thrust upward and over crust on the other side • Thick crust and asthenosphere • Horizontal shortening ...
... • High topography • Chunks of crust are thrust upward and over crust on the other side • Thick crust and asthenosphere • Horizontal shortening ...
Ocean Basins - University of Washington
... Mid-Ocean Ridges (underwater mountain ranges) water depth – 2000-4000 m can be less – where islands occur (e.g., Iceland) volcanic eruptions create new ocean crust hot basalt, thermal expansion creates elevation moves away from ridge axis in both directions Abyssal basins water depth – 4000-6000 m ( ...
... Mid-Ocean Ridges (underwater mountain ranges) water depth – 2000-4000 m can be less – where islands occur (e.g., Iceland) volcanic eruptions create new ocean crust hot basalt, thermal expansion creates elevation moves away from ridge axis in both directions Abyssal basins water depth – 4000-6000 m ( ...
Student Google Slides Presentation
... 1. Slow, but constant movement has broken the lithosphere in many places, dividing the Earth’s crust into tectonic plates. 2. Movement happens over millions of years and it’s called continental drift. 250 million years ago, all the continents were joined together to make a giant continent called Pan ...
... 1. Slow, but constant movement has broken the lithosphere in many places, dividing the Earth’s crust into tectonic plates. 2. Movement happens over millions of years and it’s called continental drift. 250 million years ago, all the continents were joined together to make a giant continent called Pan ...
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
... b. When an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate, a deep ocean forms. Near the trench, a line of ...
... b. When an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate, a deep ocean forms. Near the trench, a line of ...
Jeopardy game
... Puzzle fit, matching mountain ranges, ancient fossils on distant coast lines, coal deposits in Antarctica, glaciers in Africa ...
... Puzzle fit, matching mountain ranges, ancient fossils on distant coast lines, coal deposits in Antarctica, glaciers in Africa ...
Earth`s Systems and Resources
... students to obtain and communicate information from a variety of sources (informational texts, primary and secondary sources, models, seismic data) to describe the relative position, composition, and density of Earth’s interior structures. This could include but is not limited to students comparing ...
... students to obtain and communicate information from a variety of sources (informational texts, primary and secondary sources, models, seismic data) to describe the relative position, composition, and density of Earth’s interior structures. This could include but is not limited to students comparing ...
Review of the Earth Science Curriculum FROM McGUIRE Equations
... *Quartz breaks along curved surfaces, a property known as conchoidal fracture. *Gold is the densest substance we commonly see, at about 19 g/cm3 *Density can be measured by dividing the mass by volume, or by floatation. *A substance will sink in a liquid that is less dense than it is and float in a ...
... *Quartz breaks along curved surfaces, a property known as conchoidal fracture. *Gold is the densest substance we commonly see, at about 19 g/cm3 *Density can be measured by dividing the mass by volume, or by floatation. *A substance will sink in a liquid that is less dense than it is and float in a ...
Gravity and the Hypothesis of Convection
... and below the oceans. A first reason for this assumption is the fact that in the ocean. the temperature at a depth of say five kilometers is four degrees. while it is considerably higher at the same depth in the conti~ nents. A second reason is found in the differences of the radio~activity between ...
... and below the oceans. A first reason for this assumption is the fact that in the ocean. the temperature at a depth of say five kilometers is four degrees. while it is considerably higher at the same depth in the conti~ nents. A second reason is found in the differences of the radio~activity between ...
PLATE TECTONICS
... relative to Continents (up to 4.5 b.y.) • Discovery of 40,000 km long Mid Ocean Ridges (MOR) • Age of seafloor increases symmetrically away from MOR crest ...
... relative to Continents (up to 4.5 b.y.) • Discovery of 40,000 km long Mid Ocean Ridges (MOR) • Age of seafloor increases symmetrically away from MOR crest ...
Intro 1-2-3-4
... 3. Mesosphere - rigid but not as hard as lithosphere • higher temp than asthenosphere, but not molten because of compression pressure • 4950km thick ...
... 3. Mesosphere - rigid but not as hard as lithosphere • higher temp than asthenosphere, but not molten because of compression pressure • 4950km thick ...
Standard 3 Students will understand the processes of rock and fossil
... Ridge lots. Six of the lots have been declared unbuildable. "We've learned significantly about geology in this past year," Keck says. "We have tried to do the best we could to protect the health, safety and welfare of residents and future residents. This has been a clarion call for us." That is litt ...
... Ridge lots. Six of the lots have been declared unbuildable. "We've learned significantly about geology in this past year," Keck says. "We have tried to do the best we could to protect the health, safety and welfare of residents and future residents. This has been a clarion call for us." That is litt ...
Letter to the Author
... the forces that were supposed to have pushed the continents from place that we meet with difficulty. The principal force invoked by Wegener was the one discovered by Baron Roland von Eotvos in 1910. Eotvos found that a mass floating on the surface of a rotating liquid sphere of nonuniform compositio ...
... the forces that were supposed to have pushed the continents from place that we meet with difficulty. The principal force invoked by Wegener was the one discovered by Baron Roland von Eotvos in 1910. Eotvos found that a mass floating on the surface of a rotating liquid sphere of nonuniform compositio ...
Chp 12.2- Features of Plate Tectonics
... • A plate boundary an area where two plates are in contact. – The way the plates interact is based on the type of plate and the direction the plates are moving relative to each other. – Divergent plate boundaries – areas where plates are spreading apart – Convergent Plate boundaries – areas where pl ...
... • A plate boundary an area where two plates are in contact. – The way the plates interact is based on the type of plate and the direction the plates are moving relative to each other. – Divergent plate boundaries – areas where plates are spreading apart – Convergent Plate boundaries – areas where pl ...
by William J. Crornie Rapidly developing technologies are
... chians and many other mountain belts were thrown u p w h e n plate convergence caused huge slabs of rock to be thrust up and over a continent. Some of the overthrust sheets evidently traveled hundreds of kilometers, bulldozing seafloor sediments and continental margins into coastal mountains. (See " ...
... chians and many other mountain belts were thrown u p w h e n plate convergence caused huge slabs of rock to be thrust up and over a continent. Some of the overthrust sheets evidently traveled hundreds of kilometers, bulldozing seafloor sediments and continental margins into coastal mountains. (See " ...
to Ch. 8 Notes
... of the destruction was caused by fires that started when ______________lines were cut. Short-Range Predictions • So far, methods for short-range predictions of earthquakes have not been ____________________________________ Long-Range Forecasts • Scientists don’t yet understand enough about how a ...
... of the destruction was caused by fires that started when ______________lines were cut. Short-Range Predictions • So far, methods for short-range predictions of earthquakes have not been ____________________________________ Long-Range Forecasts • Scientists don’t yet understand enough about how a ...
Open File - Earth Science > Home
... large rivers flow into oceans. Large rivers generally carry large amounts of sediment, including mud, sand, and gravel. When the river flows into the ocean, the sediment drops onto the ocean floor. The extra weight of the sediment makes the ocean floor sink. Isostatic adjustments can also happen whe ...
... large rivers flow into oceans. Large rivers generally carry large amounts of sediment, including mud, sand, and gravel. When the river flows into the ocean, the sediment drops onto the ocean floor. The extra weight of the sediment makes the ocean floor sink. Isostatic adjustments can also happen whe ...
Geology of High Point State Park
... High Point State Park affords its visitors an exceptional opportunity to learn about New Jersey’s geology and its role in shaping the landscape. The park (fig. 1) lies on Kittatinny Mountain in the glaciated part of the Ridge and Valley physiographic province in northern New Jersey. It consists of a ...
... High Point State Park affords its visitors an exceptional opportunity to learn about New Jersey’s geology and its role in shaping the landscape. The park (fig. 1) lies on Kittatinny Mountain in the glaciated part of the Ridge and Valley physiographic province in northern New Jersey. It consists of a ...
Geochemical reservoirs and whole
... depleted remainder is still 'down there' with enough Th, U and K to produce heat and radiogenic argon, enough other incompatible trace elements to balance the chondritic Earth budget for Nd isotopes and trace element ratios such as Nb/U, and enough primordial noble gas to account for the 'solar-type ...
... depleted remainder is still 'down there' with enough Th, U and K to produce heat and radiogenic argon, enough other incompatible trace elements to balance the chondritic Earth budget for Nd isotopes and trace element ratios such as Nb/U, and enough primordial noble gas to account for the 'solar-type ...
Plate tectonics - Geological Society of India
... more common near the edges of the plates. Types of Faults Normal faults are the cracks where one block of rock is sliding downward and away from another block of rock. These faults usually occur in areas where a plate is very slowly splitting apart or where two plates are pulling away from each othe ...
... more common near the edges of the plates. Types of Faults Normal faults are the cracks where one block of rock is sliding downward and away from another block of rock. These faults usually occur in areas where a plate is very slowly splitting apart or where two plates are pulling away from each othe ...
7SC14 – Agents of Erosion and Deposition
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Blakeley Jones GEOL 1104 Review 6 – Earth`s Interior and Plate
... 16) All of the following are evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics except for ________. a. changes in the Moon's orbit due to shifting plates b. ocean floor drilling c. hot spots d. measurements of plate motions 19) Which one of the following most accurately describes the volcanoes of t ...
... 16) All of the following are evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics except for ________. a. changes in the Moon's orbit due to shifting plates b. ocean floor drilling c. hot spots d. measurements of plate motions 19) Which one of the following most accurately describes the volcanoes of t ...
Hawaii, we thought we knew you
... plates of the Pacific basin to the rest of the world."2 A survey of the Pitman Fracture Zone along this ridge was carried out in 1992. The authors concluded that "predictions of the track of the Hawaiian hot spot based on global reconstructions fail, once again, to predict a large bend around 43 mi ...
... plates of the Pacific basin to the rest of the world."2 A survey of the Pitman Fracture Zone along this ridge was carried out in 1992. The authors concluded that "predictions of the track of the Hawaiian hot spot based on global reconstructions fail, once again, to predict a large bend around 43 mi ...
Plate Tectonics Student Booklet part 1
... surface. In other words the Earth’s crust — the outer surface that we live on — is made up of large, rigid pieces called plates. The word “tectonic” means: relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, that occur within it ...
... surface. In other words the Earth’s crust — the outer surface that we live on — is made up of large, rigid pieces called plates. The word “tectonic” means: relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, that occur within it ...
Post-glacial rebound
Post-glacial rebound (sometimes called continental rebound) is the rise of land masses that were depressed by the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, through a process known as isostatic depression. Post-glacial rebound and isostatic depression are different parts of a process known as either glacial isostasy, glacial isostatic adjustment, or glacioisostasy. Glacioisostasy is the solid Earth deformation associated with changes in ice mass distribution. The most obvious and direct affects of post-glacial rebound are readily apparent in northern Europe (especially Scotland, Estonia, Latvia, Fennoscandia, and northern Denmark), Siberia, Canada, the Great Lakes of Canada and the United States, the coastal region of the US state of Maine, parts of Patagonia, and Antarctica. However, through processes known as ocean siphoning and continental levering, the effects of post-glacial rebound on sea-level are felt globally far from the locations of current and former ice sheets.