Slide 1
... The buildup of stress along a fault provides the energy that powers an earthquake. • The location beneath Earth’s surface where an earthquake begins is called the focus, also known as the hypocenter. • The location on Earth’s surface directly above the focus is called the epicenter. • Seismic waves ...
... The buildup of stress along a fault provides the energy that powers an earthquake. • The location beneath Earth’s surface where an earthquake begins is called the focus, also known as the hypocenter. • The location on Earth’s surface directly above the focus is called the epicenter. • Seismic waves ...
Geology and volcanic setting of the Horne deposit, Rouyn
... and to understand the geological factors that contributed to its unusual size and gold-rich nature. Initial fieldwork focused on the Horne West area that contains one of the best exposed and preserved sections of the Horne stratigraphy. Volcanic facies analysis revealed that this volcanic succession ...
... and to understand the geological factors that contributed to its unusual size and gold-rich nature. Initial fieldwork focused on the Horne West area that contains one of the best exposed and preserved sections of the Horne stratigraphy. Volcanic facies analysis revealed that this volcanic succession ...
study guide - CLC Charter School
... mainshock, aftershocks can continue for ____________________, months, and even years after the mainshock! ...
... mainshock, aftershocks can continue for ____________________, months, and even years after the mainshock! ...
Geodynamic models of Cordilleran orogens
... The central Andes represents the type example of a Cordilleran orogen, in which crustal shortening has produced a continental mountain belt above an active subduction zone. Geological studies indicate that the central Andes was primarily built through 200 to >500 km of shortening of the western Sout ...
... The central Andes represents the type example of a Cordilleran orogen, in which crustal shortening has produced a continental mountain belt above an active subduction zone. Geological studies indicate that the central Andes was primarily built through 200 to >500 km of shortening of the western Sout ...
Polarity Reversal of Active Plate Boundary and Elevated Oceanic
... The resultant 3D VP and VS models beneath the LV and COR near the Hualien region in the northern collision zone show significant lateral and vertical variations (Fig. 5). From the cross section EE⬘ and the others to the north, a cluster of northwestward-dipping planar seismicity extending from the s ...
... The resultant 3D VP and VS models beneath the LV and COR near the Hualien region in the northern collision zone show significant lateral and vertical variations (Fig. 5). From the cross section EE⬘ and the others to the north, a cluster of northwestward-dipping planar seismicity extending from the s ...
aaron clement waters 1905–1991
... development of lava-tube cave systems, and violently explosive basaltic volcanism recorded by maar-type volcanoes. This expertise led directly to his participation in studies of lunar geology as the U.S. space program got underway, including composition and origin of the lunar surface, the assessmen ...
... development of lava-tube cave systems, and violently explosive basaltic volcanism recorded by maar-type volcanoes. This expertise led directly to his participation in studies of lunar geology as the U.S. space program got underway, including composition and origin of the lunar surface, the assessmen ...
Numerical comparison of different convergent plate contacts
... overall dynamics. For the operation of plate tectonics a relatively low shear strength is a critical mechanical property of plate contacts (Tackley 2000). The effective friction at a subduction zone has a first order control on plate boundary topography and the plate-like motion (Zhong et al. 1998). ...
... overall dynamics. For the operation of plate tectonics a relatively low shear strength is a critical mechanical property of plate contacts (Tackley 2000). The effective friction at a subduction zone has a first order control on plate boundary topography and the plate-like motion (Zhong et al. 1998). ...
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... beneath a volcano can also be a source of hydrothermal solutions. Today pools of hot, dense brine are depositing ore minerals in sediments at the bottom of the Red Sea. Hot, mineral- laden springs are also associated with ocean- floor spreading centers, such as that found today at the East Pacific R ...
... beneath a volcano can also be a source of hydrothermal solutions. Today pools of hot, dense brine are depositing ore minerals in sediments at the bottom of the Red Sea. Hot, mineral- laden springs are also associated with ocean- floor spreading centers, such as that found today at the East Pacific R ...
Small-scale upper mantle convection and crustal dynamics in
... interaction stresses; we show that much of the deformation that cannot be explained by plate interaction derives from small-scale convection of the underlying upper mantle. [3] Approximately 50 mm/yr of relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates [DeMets and Dixon, 1999] is accommo ...
... interaction stresses; we show that much of the deformation that cannot be explained by plate interaction derives from small-scale convection of the underlying upper mantle. [3] Approximately 50 mm/yr of relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates [DeMets and Dixon, 1999] is accommo ...
A Comparative Study of the Badger Pass Igneous Intrusion and the
... The igneous rocks of these two areas--the McDowell Springs area and the Badger Pass area--separated by several kilometers of horizontal distance and over one hundred meters of elevation, differ in field appearance, and distinguish themselves through their dissimilar structural relationships to their ...
... The igneous rocks of these two areas--the McDowell Springs area and the Badger Pass area--separated by several kilometers of horizontal distance and over one hundred meters of elevation, differ in field appearance, and distinguish themselves through their dissimilar structural relationships to their ...
Seismology And Volcanology
... lithospheric plates. The reasons for the relative movements of the plates are connected with the convective fluxes in the mantle under conditions of an active lithosphere, i.e., with the behavior of heavy solid bodies or plates “floating” on a plastic or partially melted astenosphere. The strongest ...
... lithospheric plates. The reasons for the relative movements of the plates are connected with the convective fluxes in the mantle under conditions of an active lithosphere, i.e., with the behavior of heavy solid bodies or plates “floating” on a plastic or partially melted astenosphere. The strongest ...
poster technical sessions
... Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU), the Chamber of the Geological Engineers of Turkey, and the Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists, and has been endorsed and sponsored by the Middle East Technical University (METU), the Directorate of the Mineral Research and Exploration ...
... Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU), the Chamber of the Geological Engineers of Turkey, and the Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists, and has been endorsed and sponsored by the Middle East Technical University (METU), the Directorate of the Mineral Research and Exploration ...
Chapter 8 Resource: Earthquakes and Volcanoes
... Directions: Answer these questions before you begin the Lab. 1. What about this lab makes wearing goggles a good idea? 2. Predict which type of wave will show the most motion in the spring. Explain. ...
... Directions: Answer these questions before you begin the Lab. 1. What about this lab makes wearing goggles a good idea? 2. Predict which type of wave will show the most motion in the spring. Explain. ...
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
... Directions: Answer these questions before you begin the Lab. 1. What about this lab makes wearing goggles a good idea? 2. Predict which type of wave will show the most motion in the spring. Explain. ...
... Directions: Answer these questions before you begin the Lab. 1. What about this lab makes wearing goggles a good idea? 2. Predict which type of wave will show the most motion in the spring. Explain. ...
North America Dynamics and Western US Tectonics
... associating an inferred load with tectonic effects in a limited area, or by using simplified models of the plate. This has resulted in a diversity of views on the importance of various boundary, basal and internal loads acting on the North American plate. To resolve the relative and absolute contrib ...
... associating an inferred load with tectonic effects in a limited area, or by using simplified models of the plate. This has resulted in a diversity of views on the importance of various boundary, basal and internal loads acting on the North American plate. To resolve the relative and absolute contrib ...
The thermal effects of steady-state slab
... eastward increase in surface heat flow appears to be the result of an increase in crustal radiogenic heat production from f 1 AW/m3 in the Intermontane Belt to more than 3 AW/m3 in the eastern Omenica Belt, such that the deep heat flow is similar [19,29]. In Washington and Oregon, a similar backarc ...
... eastward increase in surface heat flow appears to be the result of an increase in crustal radiogenic heat production from f 1 AW/m3 in the Intermontane Belt to more than 3 AW/m3 in the eastern Omenica Belt, such that the deep heat flow is similar [19,29]. In Washington and Oregon, a similar backarc ...
Sea-Floor Spreading
... Sea-Floor Spreading In 1960, Hess made his single most important contribution. In a widely circulated report Hess stated that the Earth's crust moved laterally away from long, volcanically active oceanic ridges ...
... Sea-Floor Spreading In 1960, Hess made his single most important contribution. In a widely circulated report Hess stated that the Earth's crust moved laterally away from long, volcanically active oceanic ridges ...
Sea-level change and shore-line evolution in Aegean Greece since
... ior", to did the shorelines migrate with time, at rates that for some low-lying regions reached about a kilometre per year. Examples of where such rapid ettcro"chtoent of the sea occurred include the Persian GuIf and the Gulf of Carpentaria of northern Australia, between about 12,ô00 and t0,000 year ...
... ior", to did the shorelines migrate with time, at rates that for some low-lying regions reached about a kilometre per year. Examples of where such rapid ettcro"chtoent of the sea occurred include the Persian GuIf and the Gulf of Carpentaria of northern Australia, between about 12,ô00 and t0,000 year ...
Details on the retrieval and uncertainties .
... Volcanic ash particles are non-spherical and therefore depolarising. From ceilometer data alone it is not possible to distinguish non-spherical particles from spherical ones. The cloud radar data can help making this distinction. However, as mentioned before, it is limited to large particles and lik ...
... Volcanic ash particles are non-spherical and therefore depolarising. From ceilometer data alone it is not possible to distinguish non-spherical particles from spherical ones. The cloud radar data can help making this distinction. However, as mentioned before, it is limited to large particles and lik ...
2D finite element modeling
... of the continental crust was elastic, representing the strong and cool layer of the upper lithosphere. Hassani et al. (+331) also fixed the elastic thickness to -* km for the oceanic lithosphere in their numerical models. One important reason for studying the elastic behavior of the lithosphere is to ...
... of the continental crust was elastic, representing the strong and cool layer of the upper lithosphere. Hassani et al. (+331) also fixed the elastic thickness to -* km for the oceanic lithosphere in their numerical models. One important reason for studying the elastic behavior of the lithosphere is to ...
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.