PLATE TECTONICS - New Jersey City University
... moves away from mid-oceanic ridge Plunges beneath continent or island arc- subduction (earthquake define zone, Benioff zone) Plate ...
... moves away from mid-oceanic ridge Plunges beneath continent or island arc- subduction (earthquake define zone, Benioff zone) Plate ...
Marine Life Zones Why the Ocean? Regions that contain
... average depth of 100 meters and to a maximum depth of 200 meters • Aphotic Zone = all areas below a depth of 200 meters where light cannot penetrate ...
... average depth of 100 meters and to a maximum depth of 200 meters • Aphotic Zone = all areas below a depth of 200 meters where light cannot penetrate ...
Paper Number: 2077 - American Geosciences Institute
... the whole range of the litho-units, possibly of a hyper-extended ocean-continent-transition basin, constitute the Ophiolite Mélange Zone/Belt. The ultramafics, having sporadic diabasic dykes cutting across them, are found to have been sandwiched with pelagic shale and generally occupy the central po ...
... the whole range of the litho-units, possibly of a hyper-extended ocean-continent-transition basin, constitute the Ophiolite Mélange Zone/Belt. The ultramafics, having sporadic diabasic dykes cutting across them, are found to have been sandwiched with pelagic shale and generally occupy the central po ...
Sum4_Flatslabs
... Next we moved into discussions of why the slab is flat. Jerome mentioned that early work by Jarrard (his 1986 paper is referenced in van Hunen, 2002) showed that there is no correlation between age of the subducting slab and slab dip. This may be the reason why people moved to talking about oceanic ...
... Next we moved into discussions of why the slab is flat. Jerome mentioned that early work by Jarrard (his 1986 paper is referenced in van Hunen, 2002) showed that there is no correlation between age of the subducting slab and slab dip. This may be the reason why people moved to talking about oceanic ...
Shorelines - Bakersfield College
... Deepest parts of ocean Most are located in the Pacific Ocean Sites where moving lithospheric plates plunge into the mantle Associated with volcanic activity ...
... Deepest parts of ocean Most are located in the Pacific Ocean Sites where moving lithospheric plates plunge into the mantle Associated with volcanic activity ...
Seafloor Spreading
... Seafloor Spreading Mid-Ocean Ridges Mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountain chains that run through Earth’s ocean basins. ...
... Seafloor Spreading Mid-Ocean Ridges Mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountain chains that run through Earth’s ocean basins. ...
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... The rigid, outermost layer of the Earth comprising the crust and upper mantle is called the lithosphere. New oceanic lithosphere forms through volcanism in the form of fissures at mid-ocean ridges which are cracks that encircle the globe. Heat escapes the interior as this new lithosphere emerges fro ...
... The rigid, outermost layer of the Earth comprising the crust and upper mantle is called the lithosphere. New oceanic lithosphere forms through volcanism in the form of fissures at mid-ocean ridges which are cracks that encircle the globe. Heat escapes the interior as this new lithosphere emerges fro ...
Plate Boundaries There are 3 primary types of Tectonic Plate
... Transform boundaries. As the giant plates move, diverging [pulling apart] or converging [coming together] along their borders, tremendous energies are unleashed resulting in tremors that transform Earth’s surface. While all the plates appear to be moving at different relative speeds and independentl ...
... Transform boundaries. As the giant plates move, diverging [pulling apart] or converging [coming together] along their borders, tremendous energies are unleashed resulting in tremors that transform Earth’s surface. While all the plates appear to be moving at different relative speeds and independentl ...
PNW Tectonic Block Model
... This activity has students use a "hands on" tectonic block model of the Pacific Northwest. The model consists of a tectonic map with moveable pieces that show the northward migration, clockwise rotation, and deformation of crustal blocks along the Cascadia convergent margin of the Northwestern US. T ...
... This activity has students use a "hands on" tectonic block model of the Pacific Northwest. The model consists of a tectonic map with moveable pieces that show the northward migration, clockwise rotation, and deformation of crustal blocks along the Cascadia convergent margin of the Northwestern US. T ...
EGU2017-10612 - CO Meeting Organizer
... Using gravity anomaly inversion, we produce comprehensive regional maps of crustal thickness and oceanic lithosphere distribution for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Crustal thicknesses derived from gravity inversion are consistent with seismic estimates. We determine Moho depth, crustal basement ...
... Using gravity anomaly inversion, we produce comprehensive regional maps of crustal thickness and oceanic lithosphere distribution for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Crustal thicknesses derived from gravity inversion are consistent with seismic estimates. We determine Moho depth, crustal basement ...
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... the outer edge of the slope as indicating deformationwhich is continuous up to the present. Both von Heune and Kulm (1973) and Scho11(1974)also deduce that there is good evidence of very recent deformation and uplift in response to compression at the Washington-Oregon slope. Von Heune and Kulm compu ...
... the outer edge of the slope as indicating deformationwhich is continuous up to the present. Both von Heune and Kulm (1973) and Scho11(1974)also deduce that there is good evidence of very recent deformation and uplift in response to compression at the Washington-Oregon slope. Von Heune and Kulm compu ...
Earth_through_geological_time
... Eastern and western margins of the continent experienced markedly contrasting events Atlantic and Gulf coastal regions, removed from active plate boundaries, were tectonically stable ...
... Eastern and western margins of the continent experienced markedly contrasting events Atlantic and Gulf coastal regions, removed from active plate boundaries, were tectonically stable ...
Sea Levels - MSU Billings
... Bathymetry — the measurement of water depths and mapping of sea floor features — uses several types of technology. The sea floor has two distinct regions: continental margins and deep ocean basins. Continental margins are the relatively shallow areas of the ocean floor near shore. Geologically they ...
... Bathymetry — the measurement of water depths and mapping of sea floor features — uses several types of technology. The sea floor has two distinct regions: continental margins and deep ocean basins. Continental margins are the relatively shallow areas of the ocean floor near shore. Geologically they ...
An earthquake will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest
... The following is an excerpt from an article written by Kathryn Schulz and published in the New Yorker magazine in July of 2015. Most people in the United States know just one fault line by name: the San Andreas, which runs nearly the length of California and is perpetually rumored to be on the verge ...
... The following is an excerpt from an article written by Kathryn Schulz and published in the New Yorker magazine in July of 2015. Most people in the United States know just one fault line by name: the San Andreas, which runs nearly the length of California and is perpetually rumored to be on the verge ...
Island Arc Magmatism
... Also: Geochemical evidence does not support an amphibole-only origin for arc fluids ...
... Also: Geochemical evidence does not support an amphibole-only origin for arc fluids ...
EGU2017-5486 - CO Meeting Organizer
... Arctic area includes deep basins both water loaded and sediment loaded ones. They are underlain by the attenuated crystalline crust with high P-wave velocities. The nature of the crust in these basins and mechanisms of their formation are debatable. Detailed data on the North Barents superdeep sedim ...
... Arctic area includes deep basins both water loaded and sediment loaded ones. They are underlain by the attenuated crystalline crust with high P-wave velocities. The nature of the crust in these basins and mechanisms of their formation are debatable. Detailed data on the North Barents superdeep sedim ...
Seafloor massive sulfide - International Seabed Authority
... • Water-rich oxidised magmas erupted as more siliceous lavas (andesite, dacite) • Magmatic fluids yield a higher input of Cu and Au, less Fe. Seawater also entrained. • Prominent hydrous alteration permits more sub-seafloor mineralisation? ...
... • Water-rich oxidised magmas erupted as more siliceous lavas (andesite, dacite) • Magmatic fluids yield a higher input of Cu and Au, less Fe. Seawater also entrained. • Prominent hydrous alteration permits more sub-seafloor mineralisation? ...
50 PLATE TECTONICS I. Introduction A. General 1. The theory of
... suggested on the continents were "drifting" not ocean basins c. did not have a viable mechanical explanation as to how continents would "drift" ...
... suggested on the continents were "drifting" not ocean basins c. did not have a viable mechanical explanation as to how continents would "drift" ...
Slab pull, mantle convection, and Pangaean assembly and dispersal
... Ocean and northeast Africa: one cell (Panthalassan) contains only oceanic plates, the other (Pangaean) contains all the continental plates. They have remained fixed relative to one another for s 400 Ma. A transverse (Rheic^Tethyian) subduction system splits the Pangaean cell. Poloidal plate motion i ...
... Ocean and northeast Africa: one cell (Panthalassan) contains only oceanic plates, the other (Pangaean) contains all the continental plates. They have remained fixed relative to one another for s 400 Ma. A transverse (Rheic^Tethyian) subduction system splits the Pangaean cell. Poloidal plate motion i ...
Restless Continents
... • Wegener’s hypothesis was rejected at first • Scientists rejected it because from the calculated strength of rocks it did not seem possible for the crust to move this way. • It was not until many years after Wegener’s death that evidence provided clues that forces moved the continents. ...
... • Wegener’s hypothesis was rejected at first • Scientists rejected it because from the calculated strength of rocks it did not seem possible for the crust to move this way. • It was not until many years after Wegener’s death that evidence provided clues that forces moved the continents. ...
Geologic Time
... Mexico, sea level rose and fell over millions of years. As this happened, much seawater evaporated, leaving large salt deposits behind. Some of these salt deposits are sources of salt today. Other salt deposits later became traps for oil. Today, salt traps in the Gulf of Mexico are an important sour ...
... Mexico, sea level rose and fell over millions of years. As this happened, much seawater evaporated, leaving large salt deposits behind. Some of these salt deposits are sources of salt today. Other salt deposits later became traps for oil. Today, salt traps in the Gulf of Mexico are an important sour ...
HG World Map - North Kitsap School District
... NOT the Arctic. Draw and label. Read it with me. For comparison, Antarctica is twice the size of Australia. 98% of this continent is covered by an ice sheet. Show photo. 5:1 Review the 7 continents. Heads Together. Our world is also made of oceanic crust. Say oceanic crust. There are 5 oceans. Your ...
... NOT the Arctic. Draw and label. Read it with me. For comparison, Antarctica is twice the size of Australia. 98% of this continent is covered by an ice sheet. Show photo. 5:1 Review the 7 continents. Heads Together. Our world is also made of oceanic crust. Say oceanic crust. There are 5 oceans. Your ...
Moho comparison
... Antilles are somewhat similar. (4) The South American continent is quite homogeneous in terms of velocity and crustal thickness, except it is ~8 km thicker along profile 64W. (5) The average Caribbean arc crust is consistently ~0.25 km/s faster than the S.A. continent, but similar to the global aver ...
... Antilles are somewhat similar. (4) The South American continent is quite homogeneous in terms of velocity and crustal thickness, except it is ~8 km thicker along profile 64W. (5) The average Caribbean arc crust is consistently ~0.25 km/s faster than the S.A. continent, but similar to the global aver ...
Plate Tectonics
... 1. Passive Margins: prior to orogenesis, the continental boundary is a PASSIVE margin. Sedimentation at passive margins reflects the progressive increase in water depth. Nearshore deposits are coarser - sand grading to silt and clay; further out on the continental shelf in clean shallow water, carbo ...
... 1. Passive Margins: prior to orogenesis, the continental boundary is a PASSIVE margin. Sedimentation at passive margins reflects the progressive increase in water depth. Nearshore deposits are coarser - sand grading to silt and clay; further out on the continental shelf in clean shallow water, carbo ...
Wegener - Course World
... geophysicists discovered that the sediments on the ocean floor were far too young and not thick enough given the millions of years over which they should have been accumulating. In actuality, the "mountain" turned out to be a 46,000-mile ridge that ran in one fashion or another through all the ocean ...
... geophysicists discovered that the sediments on the ocean floor were far too young and not thick enough given the millions of years over which they should have been accumulating. In actuality, the "mountain" turned out to be a 46,000-mile ridge that ran in one fashion or another through all the ocean ...