Structural control on present-day topography of a basement massif
... High Erosional Surface (HES) in the northeast Sirwa area, where it derives from the exhumation of a pre-Cretaceous peneplain. The erosion of the Cretaceous rocks uncovered a very flat erosional surface, which became a part of the HES. To the West, this surface is covered by the Neogene and volcanic ...
... High Erosional Surface (HES) in the northeast Sirwa area, where it derives from the exhumation of a pre-Cretaceous peneplain. The erosion of the Cretaceous rocks uncovered a very flat erosional surface, which became a part of the HES. To the West, this surface is covered by the Neogene and volcanic ...
The landslide
... fall and landslide at Paatuut 21 November 2000 recorded at Qeqertarsuaq, Upernavik and Summit (Fig. 2). The red lines mark the calculated arrival times of P (primary), S (secondary), and Lg (surface) waves from an initial release event at Paatuut. The time is determined by interpreting the P arrival ...
... fall and landslide at Paatuut 21 November 2000 recorded at Qeqertarsuaq, Upernavik and Summit (Fig. 2). The red lines mark the calculated arrival times of P (primary), S (secondary), and Lg (surface) waves from an initial release event at Paatuut. The time is determined by interpreting the P arrival ...
mesozoic successions of the betic and iberian ranges
... tectonic position of the units, two great sub-divisions are usually differentiated: the Pre-Betic Zone and the Sub-Betic Zone (Figure 2). The Mesozoic of the Pre-Betic Zone is essentially formed by shallow marine deposits which, to the north and northwest, transition to the foreland. From a tectonic ...
... tectonic position of the units, two great sub-divisions are usually differentiated: the Pre-Betic Zone and the Sub-Betic Zone (Figure 2). The Mesozoic of the Pre-Betic Zone is essentially formed by shallow marine deposits which, to the north and northwest, transition to the foreland. From a tectonic ...
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... basalt outcrop lineaments associated with bounding faults of sedimentary basins have been identified. The margins of the Tyrone Igneous Complex and the internal structure of the complex itself are revealed in stunning detail and many new faults and sheared rocks identified. Within the adjacent Dalra ...
... basalt outcrop lineaments associated with bounding faults of sedimentary basins have been identified. The margins of the Tyrone Igneous Complex and the internal structure of the complex itself are revealed in stunning detail and many new faults and sheared rocks identified. Within the adjacent Dalra ...
Geophysical Journal International
... northern part of the British Isles was located at the passive margin of Laurentia, while the southern part was located at the subducting margin of Avalonia. Between 470 and 380 Ma, the Grampian, Caledonian and Acadian orogenies (Woodcock & Strachan 2000) resulted in the closure of the Iapetus Ocean ...
... northern part of the British Isles was located at the passive margin of Laurentia, while the southern part was located at the subducting margin of Avalonia. Between 470 and 380 Ma, the Grampian, Caledonian and Acadian orogenies (Woodcock & Strachan 2000) resulted in the closure of the Iapetus Ocean ...
Sample Midterm/Final
... 8. When two ocean plates converge ___________. a. the younger plate will be subducted b. the older plate will be subducted correct answer c. the plate closest to ocean water will be subducted d. a collision mountain belt will form e. none of the above are correct 9. The most widely accepted explanat ...
... 8. When two ocean plates converge ___________. a. the younger plate will be subducted b. the older plate will be subducted correct answer c. the plate closest to ocean water will be subducted d. a collision mountain belt will form e. none of the above are correct 9. The most widely accepted explanat ...
Forum Reply - Francis A. Macdonald
... Laurentian plume- and rift-related magmatism between 615 and 550 Ma, which is younger than a large population of 700–615 Ma grains and older than seven grains from the Moretown Fm, which were dated with CATIMS between 545.7 ± 0.3 and 513.8 ± 0.6 Ma (Macdonald et al., 2014). Five of these grains were ...
... Laurentian plume- and rift-related magmatism between 615 and 550 Ma, which is younger than a large population of 700–615 Ma grains and older than seven grains from the Moretown Fm, which were dated with CATIMS between 545.7 ± 0.3 and 513.8 ± 0.6 Ma (Macdonald et al., 2014). Five of these grains were ...
The Rock Cycle Journey and Mineral Deposits
... swamp was buried and subjected to pressure and increased temperature. Coal is also a sedimentary rock. The elements, copper and zinc commonly occur as sulfide minerals in igneous rocks. Gold occurs as a natural element finely disseminated in igneous rocks or ...
... swamp was buried and subjected to pressure and increased temperature. Coal is also a sedimentary rock. The elements, copper and zinc commonly occur as sulfide minerals in igneous rocks. Gold occurs as a natural element finely disseminated in igneous rocks or ...
The Rock Cycle Journey and Mineral Deposits
... station and following the directions to either “go to” another station or “stay put”. If they stay put they go to the back of the line and wait their turn to roll again. For example, rock material may remain in a molten state inside the earth for long periods of time. To show this, the die at statio ...
... station and following the directions to either “go to” another station or “stay put”. If they stay put they go to the back of the line and wait their turn to roll again. For example, rock material may remain in a molten state inside the earth for long periods of time. To show this, the die at statio ...
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF TIMOR
... marble. These rock types appear to represent a volcano-sedimentary sequence of serpentine, pillow lava, tuff, manganese chert and black shale. These rock types are intimately associated in the field with retrogressed amphibolite-facies rocks (De Roever, 1940) suggesting that they were tectonically i ...
... marble. These rock types appear to represent a volcano-sedimentary sequence of serpentine, pillow lava, tuff, manganese chert and black shale. These rock types are intimately associated in the field with retrogressed amphibolite-facies rocks (De Roever, 1940) suggesting that they were tectonically i ...
54. Regional Geology of the Goban Spur Continental Margin
... phase had a duration of about 15 m.y. However, the age of the rifting-to-spreading transition derived from Site 549 is between 2 and 4 m.y. greater than the age derived from Site 550, drilled on the ocean crust. A possible explanation is that extension within the upper continental crust was taken up ...
... phase had a duration of about 15 m.y. However, the age of the rifting-to-spreading transition derived from Site 549 is between 2 and 4 m.y. greater than the age derived from Site 550, drilled on the ocean crust. A possible explanation is that extension within the upper continental crust was taken up ...
... accessibility is not enough with low carrying capacity. Capacity is limited at all levels of hotels, which become the bottleneck restricting the development of tourism in the area, such as the Chaihe volcanic area in Zalantun, there is only one star hotel. Tourism practitioners are not enough with l ...
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... phases, first finding a Q of 1300 for 4-s P and PKP waves (Gutenberg, 1945a). He then measured Q for three body-wave phases at different periods (Gutenberg, 1958) finding Q’s of 2500 for P and PP at 2 s, and 400 for P and PP at 12 s. In the same study he also measured Q for S waves finding values of ...
... phases, first finding a Q of 1300 for 4-s P and PKP waves (Gutenberg, 1945a). He then measured Q for three body-wave phases at different periods (Gutenberg, 1958) finding Q’s of 2500 for P and PP at 2 s, and 400 for P and PP at 12 s. In the same study he also measured Q for S waves finding values of ...
chapter 7 projected notes
... • As scientists’ understanding of mid-ocean ridges theory and magnetic reversals grew, a ______________ was formed to explain how tectonic plates move. ...
... • As scientists’ understanding of mid-ocean ridges theory and magnetic reversals grew, a ______________ was formed to explain how tectonic plates move. ...
Jurassic igneous-related metallogeny of southwestern North America
... rocks may have been widespread along the arc (reviewed by Christe and Hannah, 1990). Although Jurassic igneous systems have not received as much attention as Cretaceous and Cenozoic igneous systems, a number of representative areas are well studied. These include plutons in southern Arizona (Haxel e ...
... rocks may have been widespread along the arc (reviewed by Christe and Hannah, 1990). Although Jurassic igneous systems have not received as much attention as Cretaceous and Cenozoic igneous systems, a number of representative areas are well studied. These include plutons in southern Arizona (Haxel e ...
Fault on-off versus strain rate and earthquakes energy
... hypothesize an active fault crossing the entire crust exhibiting episodic locking-unlocking behavior in the brittle upper crust and a constant strain rate along the shear zone in the ductile lower crust (Fig. 1). At the BDT, the strain transfers from one zone to the other. During the interseismic pe ...
... hypothesize an active fault crossing the entire crust exhibiting episodic locking-unlocking behavior in the brittle upper crust and a constant strain rate along the shear zone in the ductile lower crust (Fig. 1). At the BDT, the strain transfers from one zone to the other. During the interseismic pe ...
Critical reappraisal of Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic Central and
... (Pacific crust = roof of the lower mantle?) relative to the evolutionary sequence of the Oceanic or Wilson Cycle upper mantle, to the North and South Pangaea areas or to (Wilson, 1966a, b; Dewey and Burke, 1974) describing the the continen ts with theirrespective plates (or else, westward opening an ...
... (Pacific crust = roof of the lower mantle?) relative to the evolutionary sequence of the Oceanic or Wilson Cycle upper mantle, to the North and South Pangaea areas or to (Wilson, 1966a, b; Dewey and Burke, 1974) describing the the continen ts with theirrespective plates (or else, westward opening an ...
tertiary igneous rocks and laramide structure and stratigraphy
... extensional. This transition influenced both the character and extent of magmatic activity in south-central Colorado and northern New Mexico. The Spanish Peaks region is dominated by numerous igneous intrusive features consisting of stocks, dikes, laccoliths, plugs, and sole injections (Figure 2). T ...
... extensional. This transition influenced both the character and extent of magmatic activity in south-central Colorado and northern New Mexico. The Spanish Peaks region is dominated by numerous igneous intrusive features consisting of stocks, dikes, laccoliths, plugs, and sole injections (Figure 2). T ...
Ocean Drilling Program Initial Reports Volume 160
... Seamount is assumed to have formed part of the passive margin of the North African plate to the south, perhaps as a marginal crustal fragment. The nature of the basement of the Eratosthenes Seamount is unknown, but it might represent transitional continental crust, intruded by mafic igneous rocks, i ...
... Seamount is assumed to have formed part of the passive margin of the North African plate to the south, perhaps as a marginal crustal fragment. The nature of the basement of the Eratosthenes Seamount is unknown, but it might represent transitional continental crust, intruded by mafic igneous rocks, i ...
Deep Earth Structure – Q of the Earth from Crust to Core.
... V Rayleigh- and Love-wave phases using a tripartite array in California and found that all of those phases deviated from great-circle paths between the events and the array. Although Evernden did not address Q he brought attention to the fact that seismic waves may deviate from a great-circle path d ...
... V Rayleigh- and Love-wave phases using a tripartite array in California and found that all of those phases deviated from great-circle paths between the events and the array. Although Evernden did not address Q he brought attention to the fact that seismic waves may deviate from a great-circle path d ...
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... • Muscovite is is a high-aluminum member of the mica family of minerals, all known for the property of perfect basal cleavage; cleavage layers can be easily peeled off into very thin sheets which are quite durable and are not easily destroyed by erosion. • Muscovite sheets have high heat and electri ...
... • Muscovite is is a high-aluminum member of the mica family of minerals, all known for the property of perfect basal cleavage; cleavage layers can be easily peeled off into very thin sheets which are quite durable and are not easily destroyed by erosion. • Muscovite sheets have high heat and electri ...
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... Curriculum of a subject is said to be the throbbing pulse of a nation. By looking at the curriculum one can judge the state of intellectual development and the state of progress of the nation. The world has turned into a global village; new ideas and information are pouring in like a stream. It is, ...
Active thrusting in the inner forearc of an erosive convergent margin
... systems that drain the Pacific slope typically follow these margin-perpendicular faults. Correlation of marine and fluvial terraces between drainages and across faults along the Costa Rican Pacific coast reveals a pattern of spatially variable forearc uplift that roughly coincides with the distribut ...
... systems that drain the Pacific slope typically follow these margin-perpendicular faults. Correlation of marine and fluvial terraces between drainages and across faults along the Costa Rican Pacific coast reveals a pattern of spatially variable forearc uplift that roughly coincides with the distribut ...
Structure and emplac.. - Department of Earth Sciences
... Absolute ages were determined by U-Pb (zircon) geochronology of units G3 and T1 in the central and southern intrusive centers, respectively, and all data were collected with the Australian National University SHRIMP (sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe) II instrument. Only nonmagnetic zircons w ...
... Absolute ages were determined by U-Pb (zircon) geochronology of units G3 and T1 in the central and southern intrusive centers, respectively, and all data were collected with the Australian National University SHRIMP (sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe) II instrument. Only nonmagnetic zircons w ...
Large igneous province
A large igneous province (LIP) is an extremely large accumulation of igneous rocks, including liquid rock (intrusive) or volcanic rock formations (extrusive), when hot magma extrudes from inside the Earth and flows out. The source of many or all LIPs is variously attributed to mantle plumes or to processes associated with plate tectonics. Types of LIPs can include large volcanic provinces (LVP), created through flood basalt and large plutonic provinces (LPP). Eleven distinct flood basalt episodes occurred in the past 250 million years, creating volcanic provinces, which coincided with mass extinctions in prehistoric times. Formation depends on a range of factors, such as continental configuration, latitude, volume, rate, duration of eruption, style and setting (continental vs. oceanic), the preexisting climate state, and the biota resilience to change.