PERSPECTIVES ON METAMORPHIC FLUIDS
... evolution in distinct plate tectonic settings. Convergent plate settings include mountain building (orogenesis) above subduction zones or upon continental collision. Divergent plate settings include rifting in arcs, continental interiors or at mid ocean ridges. Careful comparison of deduced PTt path ...
... evolution in distinct plate tectonic settings. Convergent plate settings include mountain building (orogenesis) above subduction zones or upon continental collision. Divergent plate settings include rifting in arcs, continental interiors or at mid ocean ridges. Careful comparison of deduced PTt path ...
3D geodynamics of Arctic region and model of Amerasia Basin
... and interaction of lithospheric plates could be described by hit-and-miss adjustment of their parameters of rotation about certain Eulerian poles while disregarding convection currents in the mantle. This also explains the weakness of the new paradigm, since the real-life non-rigid behavior of the l ...
... and interaction of lithospheric plates could be described by hit-and-miss adjustment of their parameters of rotation about certain Eulerian poles while disregarding convection currents in the mantle. This also explains the weakness of the new paradigm, since the real-life non-rigid behavior of the l ...
GEO144_mid_term_I_so..
... B) transform fault aligned with the Red Sea carrying the Arabian and African blocks in opposite directions C) continental rift along which parts of the African continent are beginning to slowly separate D) fault allowing Arabia to slip westward past east Africa and penetrate into Turkey (1) 2 pts. C ...
... B) transform fault aligned with the Red Sea carrying the Arabian and African blocks in opposite directions C) continental rift along which parts of the African continent are beginning to slowly separate D) fault allowing Arabia to slip westward past east Africa and penetrate into Turkey (1) 2 pts. C ...
7. Early Evolution of the South Atlantic Ocean: Role of the Rifting
... sediments during these three main stages of passive margin development can be modified by local deformation or by movements associated with the major changes in plate motions such as those described for the South Atlantic Ocean by Sibuet and Mascle (1978). PRERIFT SEQUENCE The prerift sequence on th ...
... sediments during these three main stages of passive margin development can be modified by local deformation or by movements associated with the major changes in plate motions such as those described for the South Atlantic Ocean by Sibuet and Mascle (1978). PRERIFT SEQUENCE The prerift sequence on th ...
Magma Generation (SERC)
... Each is chemically distinct Evolve via FX as separate series along different paths ...
... Each is chemically distinct Evolve via FX as separate series along different paths ...
visualization 3: earthquakes at divergent plate
... view earthquakes from multiple angles. ‘Quakes Question #1: Make some observations about the earthquakes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. What do you notice about how the earthquakes are distributed? How big are they? Where do they occur? Students make a list of observations and then talk about what is ...
... view earthquakes from multiple angles. ‘Quakes Question #1: Make some observations about the earthquakes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. What do you notice about how the earthquakes are distributed? How big are they? Where do they occur? Students make a list of observations and then talk about what is ...
Strategic Plan NSL
... Relation to Current Tectonics; Why Are Some Parts of the Basin and Range More Active than Others – What does Great Basin deformation say about lithospheric rheology? – The role of fluids: Can magnetotellurics reduce nonuniqueness of mantle seismic models? ...
... Relation to Current Tectonics; Why Are Some Parts of the Basin and Range More Active than Others – What does Great Basin deformation say about lithospheric rheology? – The role of fluids: Can magnetotellurics reduce nonuniqueness of mantle seismic models? ...
PreMDB, a thermodynamically consistent material
... 11, 29, 40, 41]. Here, we present a tool for coupling thermochemistry with mechanics. The main purpose of this tool is to provide geodynamicists and seismologists easy access to thermochemistry. The thermodynamic equilibrium problem as solved by Gibbs energy minimisation determines the basic mechani ...
... 11, 29, 40, 41]. Here, we present a tool for coupling thermochemistry with mechanics. The main purpose of this tool is to provide geodynamicists and seismologists easy access to thermochemistry. The thermodynamic equilibrium problem as solved by Gibbs energy minimisation determines the basic mechani ...
Structure and Serpentinization of the Subducting Cocos Plate
... by magnetic anomalies on the adjacent Cocos plate [Barckhausen et al., 2001] and on conjugate sections of oceanic crust elsewhere in the Pacific [Lonsdale, 2005; Barckhausen et al., 2008]. Oceanic crust of the Farallon plate formed at the EPR west of Central America until about 23 Ma ago, when an ea ...
... by magnetic anomalies on the adjacent Cocos plate [Barckhausen et al., 2001] and on conjugate sections of oceanic crust elsewhere in the Pacific [Lonsdale, 2005; Barckhausen et al., 2008]. Oceanic crust of the Farallon plate formed at the EPR west of Central America until about 23 Ma ago, when an ea ...
Unit Title: Earth’s Changing Surface Colorado Teacher-Authored Instructional Unit Sample Science
... company has proposed future construction near a geologically active area. As a community member/interested party, you have a very strong opinion about the construction due to potential hazards and implications of development based on technological evidence of plate tectonic theory. You will present ...
... company has proposed future construction near a geologically active area. As a community member/interested party, you have a very strong opinion about the construction due to potential hazards and implications of development based on technological evidence of plate tectonic theory. You will present ...
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... IN RESPONSE TO THE IDEA OF WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN-01:41:10:25 WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF GRANITE? ...
... IN RESPONSE TO THE IDEA OF WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN-01:41:10:25 WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF GRANITE? ...
A continuous plate-tectonic model using geophysical data to
... plates are abstractions based on the simple assumptions where is the position vector of a point on the surface of and are of the standard plate model, and are therefore unrealis- the Earth, at longitude and latitude , and tic as well as unrealizable. However, the actual continu- the angular velocity ...
... plates are abstractions based on the simple assumptions where is the position vector of a point on the surface of and are of the standard plate model, and are therefore unrealis- the Earth, at longitude and latitude , and tic as well as unrealizable. However, the actual continu- the angular velocity ...
Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 177, 89-95
... hot plumes produced localised komatiites, much more voluminous ocean floor basalts with MgO contents of less than 12% were produced by passive upwelling from mantle sources with ‘normal’ temperatures around 1300°C, located under mid-ocean ridges. In other words, the high mantle temperatures related ...
... hot plumes produced localised komatiites, much more voluminous ocean floor basalts with MgO contents of less than 12% were produced by passive upwelling from mantle sources with ‘normal’ temperatures around 1300°C, located under mid-ocean ridges. In other words, the high mantle temperatures related ...
Can slab melting be caused by flat subduction
... element features indicative of crustal components. However, in Ecuador the crustal imprint is known to be weak ( 4 5 % ) (Barragan et al., 1998; Bourdon et al., 1999). Furthermore, it is very difficult to distinguish whether these characteristics reflect melting of the base of the crust, or slab mel ...
... element features indicative of crustal components. However, in Ecuador the crustal imprint is known to be weak ( 4 5 % ) (Barragan et al., 1998; Bourdon et al., 1999). Furthermore, it is very difficult to distinguish whether these characteristics reflect melting of the base of the crust, or slab mel ...
2003108 - Geological Society of America
... model Cocos plate MORB-sediments can be considered valid for the Middle America trench, also south of the Tehuantepec ridge. The solid arrows represent schematically a possible three component mixtures of a mantle (less-depleted than MORB mantle), altered MORB, and sediments from the subducting Coco ...
... model Cocos plate MORB-sediments can be considered valid for the Middle America trench, also south of the Tehuantepec ridge. The solid arrows represent schematically a possible three component mixtures of a mantle (less-depleted than MORB mantle), altered MORB, and sediments from the subducting Coco ...
Student Page 1.1A: World Political Map
... landforms and seismic activity, just as you are doing now. However, many scientists disagreed with him and did not accept his model. They disagreed until long after Wegener died. Then, new evidence was learned. When the new evidence was used to improve Wegener’s first model, it more accurately expla ...
... landforms and seismic activity, just as you are doing now. However, many scientists disagreed with him and did not accept his model. They disagreed until long after Wegener died. Then, new evidence was learned. When the new evidence was used to improve Wegener’s first model, it more accurately expla ...
Ch 22 ppt
... • Plates move away from one another • As plates move apart, asthenosphere rises and partially melts to form lava —New crust is formed as lava fills in the gaps between plates ...
... • Plates move away from one another • As plates move apart, asthenosphere rises and partially melts to form lava —New crust is formed as lava fills in the gaps between plates ...
Deep magma feeding system of Fuji volcano, Japan
... dominantly basalt magma, but its eruption style changed (from debris flow and tephra dominant Ko-Fuji or Older Fuji, to lava flow dominant Shin-Fuji or Younger Fuji) at 15 kyaBP. The incompatible trace element composition of the magma changed abruptly between Ko-Fuji and Shin-Fuji. The origin of the ...
... dominantly basalt magma, but its eruption style changed (from debris flow and tephra dominant Ko-Fuji or Older Fuji, to lava flow dominant Shin-Fuji or Younger Fuji) at 15 kyaBP. The incompatible trace element composition of the magma changed abruptly between Ko-Fuji and Shin-Fuji. The origin of the ...
The Archean Eon
... in the oceans - quickly combined with iron (BIFs). • Evidence in sedimentary rocks for < 1% present levels of oxygen in the atmosphere. •Detrital pyrite and uraninite in conglomerates. •Lack of red beds - sediments with oxidized iron. ...
... in the oceans - quickly combined with iron (BIFs). • Evidence in sedimentary rocks for < 1% present levels of oxygen in the atmosphere. •Detrital pyrite and uraninite in conglomerates. •Lack of red beds - sediments with oxidized iron. ...
Impact origin for the greater Ontong Java Plateau?
... concluded that ambient asthenosphere £ows around the root, suggesting that it is rheologically strong and attached to the OJP’s crust [59]. Centered beneath the OJP’s thickest crust, but not extending to underneath the ocean basin £ood basalts, the root is cylindrical with a diameter of V1200 km, an ...
... concluded that ambient asthenosphere £ows around the root, suggesting that it is rheologically strong and attached to the OJP’s crust [59]. Centered beneath the OJP’s thickest crust, but not extending to underneath the ocean basin £ood basalts, the root is cylindrical with a diameter of V1200 km, an ...
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... Continent-ocean boundaries form by extension (e.g., central and North Atlantic; Red Sea) or transform or transtensional faulting (e.g., Gulf of California). Extensional boundaries form before and during the “riftdrift transition” of continental breakup by processes that range from passive, nonvolcan ...
... Continent-ocean boundaries form by extension (e.g., central and North Atlantic; Red Sea) or transform or transtensional faulting (e.g., Gulf of California). Extensional boundaries form before and during the “riftdrift transition” of continental breakup by processes that range from passive, nonvolcan ...
mantle plumes and hot spots - The Centre for Earth Evolution and
... Hotspots cluster in two antipodal regions around the Pacific and Africa. They are mostly absent from regions where subduction has occurred in the past 100 My, and tend be in highs of the ‘residual’ geoid (actual geoid minus contribution of subducted slabs). Probably the hotspot plumes are not the pr ...
... Hotspots cluster in two antipodal regions around the Pacific and Africa. They are mostly absent from regions where subduction has occurred in the past 100 My, and tend be in highs of the ‘residual’ geoid (actual geoid minus contribution of subducted slabs). Probably the hotspot plumes are not the pr ...
Grand Challenges in Geodynamics
... foremost, it is primarily concerned with the dynamical processes that affect the Earth, especially within its interior but also at its surface. Geodynamics is also applied to the interiors and surfaces of other terrestrial planets and satellites, within our solar system and beyond. As a scientific d ...
... foremost, it is primarily concerned with the dynamical processes that affect the Earth, especially within its interior but also at its surface. Geodynamics is also applied to the interiors and surfaces of other terrestrial planets and satellites, within our solar system and beyond. As a scientific d ...
Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics (from the Late Latin tectonicus, from the Greek: τεκτονικός ""pertaining to building"") is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere. This theoretical model builds on the concept of continental drift which was developed during the first few decades of the 20th century. The geoscientific community accepted the theory after the concepts of seafloor spreading were later developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.The lithosphere, which is the rigid outermost shell of a planet (on Earth, the crust and upper mantle), is broken up into tectonic plates. On Earth, there are seven or eight major plates (depending on how they are defined) and many minor plates. Where plates meet, their relative motion determines the type of boundary; convergent, divergent, or transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along these plate boundaries. The lateral relative movement of the plates typically varies from zero to 100 mm annually.Tectonic plates are composed of oceanic lithosphere and thicker continental lithosphere, each topped by its own kind of crust. Along convergent boundaries, subduction carries plates into the mantle; the material lost is roughly balanced by the formation of new (oceanic) crust along divergent margins by seafloor spreading. In this way, the total surface of the globe remains the same. This prediction of plate tectonics is also referred to as the conveyor belt principle. Earlier theories (that still have some supporters) propose gradual shrinking (contraction) or gradual expansion of the globe.Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has greater strength than the underlying asthenosphere. Lateral density variations in the mantle result in convection. Plate movement is thought to be driven by a combination of the motion of the seafloor away from the spreading ridge (due to variations in topography and density of the crust, which result in differences in gravitational forces) and drag, with downward suction, at the subduction zones. Another explanation lies in the different forces generated by the rotation of the globe and the tidal forces of the Sun and Moon. The relative importance of each of these factors and their relationship to each other is unclear, and still the subject of much debate.