Plate Tectonics and Sedimentation: Where do sediments
... crust heated from below, thermally expands and thins creation of tension fractures (= normal faults) extension causes collapse of thinned crust (= horsts & grabens) creation of long, narrow, fault-bounded central rift valley thick sequences of continental deposits due to rapid subsidence and high re ...
... crust heated from below, thermally expands and thins creation of tension fractures (= normal faults) extension causes collapse of thinned crust (= horsts & grabens) creation of long, narrow, fault-bounded central rift valley thick sequences of continental deposits due to rapid subsidence and high re ...
Honors Earth and Space Final Exam Jeopardy
... Describe how the Hawaiian islands were formed/are forming. Hot spot is stationary and mantle plume magma released in stream up to crust. Volcano/volcanic island forms and moves with plate. As plate moves, stream of magma breaks and new volcano/volcanic island forms in an arc of islands as magma co ...
... Describe how the Hawaiian islands were formed/are forming. Hot spot is stationary and mantle plume magma released in stream up to crust. Volcano/volcanic island forms and moves with plate. As plate moves, stream of magma breaks and new volcano/volcanic island forms in an arc of islands as magma co ...
From Plate Tectonics to Climate
... Space geodesy, in particular GPS, provides positions with high precision. For $100: precision 10 m, for $10,000: precision 1 mm ...
... Space geodesy, in particular GPS, provides positions with high precision. For $100: precision 10 m, for $10,000: precision 1 mm ...
The Origin of Ocean Basins
... • Rates of sea-floor spreading vary from 1 to 10 cm per year for each side of the ridge and can be determined by dating the sea floor and measuring its distance from the ridge crest. • Continents are moved by the expanding sea floor. ...
... • Rates of sea-floor spreading vary from 1 to 10 cm per year for each side of the ridge and can be determined by dating the sea floor and measuring its distance from the ridge crest. • Continents are moved by the expanding sea floor. ...
The Origin of Ocean Basins
... • Destruction of sea floor occurs in subduction zones. • Seismicity is the frequency, magnitude and distribution of earthquakes. Earthquakes are concentrated along oceanic ridges, transform faults, trenches and island arcs. • Tectonism refers to the deformation of Earth’s crust. ...
... • Destruction of sea floor occurs in subduction zones. • Seismicity is the frequency, magnitude and distribution of earthquakes. Earthquakes are concentrated along oceanic ridges, transform faults, trenches and island arcs. • Tectonism refers to the deformation of Earth’s crust. ...
Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
... • All major landmasses gather into one supercontinent • Remaining 70% of Earth’s surface is one super-ocean ...
... • All major landmasses gather into one supercontinent • Remaining 70% of Earth’s surface is one super-ocean ...
Document
... • The other kind of surface wave is the Rayleigh wave, named for John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, who mathematically predicted the existence of this kind of wave in 1885. • A Rayleigh wave rolls along the ground just like a wave rolls across a lake or an ocean. • Because it rolls, it moves the gr ...
... • The other kind of surface wave is the Rayleigh wave, named for John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, who mathematically predicted the existence of this kind of wave in 1885. • A Rayleigh wave rolls along the ground just like a wave rolls across a lake or an ocean. • Because it rolls, it moves the gr ...
Earthquakes( Distribution)
... and if an urban region is close or near it, a huge amount of damage will be inflicted. Such an event happened in Haiti 2010. Destructive The most common and intense earthquakes occur along subduction zones, meaning oceanic-continental, or oceanic-oceanic plate boundaries. Japan experienced an earthq ...
... and if an urban region is close or near it, a huge amount of damage will be inflicted. Such an event happened in Haiti 2010. Destructive The most common and intense earthquakes occur along subduction zones, meaning oceanic-continental, or oceanic-oceanic plate boundaries. Japan experienced an earthq ...
Chapter 14 Resource: Plate Tectonics
... 1. plasticlike layer of Earth’s surface below the lithosphere 2. cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking 3. theory that states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections, which move around on a special layer of the mantle 4. area where an oceanic plate goes down into the man ...
... 1. plasticlike layer of Earth’s surface below the lithosphere 2. cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking 3. theory that states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections, which move around on a special layer of the mantle 4. area where an oceanic plate goes down into the man ...
Chapter 9: Our Living Earth PowerPoint print-off
... • Place of maximum surface shaking • Place directly above the focus The focus is also called the hypocenter ...
... • Place of maximum surface shaking • Place directly above the focus The focus is also called the hypocenter ...
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
... they can trigger tsunamis (from the Japanese word tsunami meaning "harbor wave") and pose a potential danger to coastal communities and islands that dot the Pacific. Tsunamis are often mistakenly called "tidal waves" when, in fact, they have nothing to do with tidal action. Rather, tsunamis are seis ...
... they can trigger tsunamis (from the Japanese word tsunami meaning "harbor wave") and pose a potential danger to coastal communities and islands that dot the Pacific. Tsunamis are often mistakenly called "tidal waves" when, in fact, they have nothing to do with tidal action. Rather, tsunamis are seis ...
(to organic matter) in the “twilight zone”?
... of PM. Our analysis of JGOFS data shows that particulate organic carbon (POC) flux correlates with and may be predicted from the flux of mineral material (opal, carbonates, and dust). This implies that there must be strong physical relationships between organic matter and mineral ballast and between ...
... of PM. Our analysis of JGOFS data shows that particulate organic carbon (POC) flux correlates with and may be predicted from the flux of mineral material (opal, carbonates, and dust). This implies that there must be strong physical relationships between organic matter and mineral ballast and between ...
GEOLOGIC HAZARDS PART 1
... There is a direct relationship between the length of a wave, the height of a wave, and the water depth. The diagram below shows how as waves approach shallow water, the wavelength shortens and ...
... There is a direct relationship between the length of a wave, the height of a wave, and the water depth. The diagram below shows how as waves approach shallow water, the wavelength shortens and ...
P wave - LSMS Ms. Benson GT
... move through solid rock and fluid rock, like water or the semi-liquid layers of the earth. It pushes and pulls the rock it moves through in the same way sound waves push and pull the air. Have you ever heard a big clap of thunder and heard the windows rattle at the same time? The windows rattle beca ...
... move through solid rock and fluid rock, like water or the semi-liquid layers of the earth. It pushes and pulls the rock it moves through in the same way sound waves push and pull the air. Have you ever heard a big clap of thunder and heard the windows rattle at the same time? The windows rattle beca ...
Chapter 7-1 and 7-2 Review
... 4. _______________________ Crust that is found under the oceans. 5. _______________________ A layer that holds the crust and upper mantle. 6. _______________________ The layer of the Earth that is over land. 7. _______________________ This layer of the Earth is solid because of the intense pressure ...
... 4. _______________________ Crust that is found under the oceans. 5. _______________________ A layer that holds the crust and upper mantle. 6. _______________________ The layer of the Earth that is over land. 7. _______________________ This layer of the Earth is solid because of the intense pressure ...
Resource Booklet for IB practice question 11
... Therefore, organic material must be transferred into the deep waters, which occurs in various ways. Dead phytoplankton sink, and though much is consumed as it settles, sufficient amounts enter the deep water to sustain much of the biomass there. The constant rain of organic detritus (remains of orga ...
... Therefore, organic material must be transferred into the deep waters, which occurs in various ways. Dead phytoplankton sink, and though much is consumed as it settles, sufficient amounts enter the deep water to sustain much of the biomass there. The constant rain of organic detritus (remains of orga ...
Woods Hole oceanograpHic institution
... oceans, and impact its inhabitants. The Ocean and Climate Change Institute pursues greater understanding of the ocean’s role in shaping the weather and the atmosphere.The Ocean Life Institute fosters research on key questions in biology, conservation, and ecology. At the Marine Policy Center, econom ...
... oceans, and impact its inhabitants. The Ocean and Climate Change Institute pursues greater understanding of the ocean’s role in shaping the weather and the atmosphere.The Ocean Life Institute fosters research on key questions in biology, conservation, and ecology. At the Marine Policy Center, econom ...
INTRODUCTION TO MARINE ECOLOGY
... • Larger pelagic organisms can swim against currents and often migrate long distances • Nektonic organisms include: – Squid – Fish – Marine mammals ...
... • Larger pelagic organisms can swim against currents and often migrate long distances • Nektonic organisms include: – Squid – Fish – Marine mammals ...
Student worksheet for The Theory of Plate Tectonics
... What is it composed of? ________________ that is capable of ______________ movement. 25. The lithosphere is strong because it is composed of _____________. 26. The weak rock within the __________ allows Earth’s rigid outer shell to ____________. 27. Our knowledge of the ocean floor grew with the dev ...
... What is it composed of? ________________ that is capable of ______________ movement. 25. The lithosphere is strong because it is composed of _____________. 26. The weak rock within the __________ allows Earth’s rigid outer shell to ____________. 27. Our knowledge of the ocean floor grew with the dev ...
Pre/Co-Requisite Challenge for Field Courses
... All students without the pre/co-‐requisite MUST meet with or email an instructor of the field course to discuss preparing for the quiz and registering for the class. It is encouraged that the student ...
... All students without the pre/co-‐requisite MUST meet with or email an instructor of the field course to discuss preparing for the quiz and registering for the class. It is encouraged that the student ...
IOC/SC-WESTPAC
... Foundation of China and the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, systematic observations in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean are carried out during four cruises from 2014 to 2016 conducted by OUC. A summary of these cruises is shown in Figure 2. Two moorings have been deploye ...
... Foundation of China and the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, systematic observations in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean are carried out during four cruises from 2014 to 2016 conducted by OUC. A summary of these cruises is shown in Figure 2. Two moorings have been deploye ...
SUrface Dust Mass Analyzer (SUDA) selected for Europa
... $30 million to formulate a mission to Europa. The solar-powered spacecraft would be placed in a long, looping orbit around the gas giant Jupiter – the largest planet in the solar system – performing repeated flybys of Europa as close as 16 miles (25 kilometers) over a three-year period. ...
... $30 million to formulate a mission to Europa. The solar-powered spacecraft would be placed in a long, looping orbit around the gas giant Jupiter – the largest planet in the solar system – performing repeated flybys of Europa as close as 16 miles (25 kilometers) over a three-year period. ...
Earthquakes - WordPress.com
... Surface Waves • Move along the Earth’s surface • Produces motion in the upper crust – Motion can be up and down – Motion can be around – Motion can be back and forth ...
... Surface Waves • Move along the Earth’s surface • Produces motion in the upper crust – Motion can be up and down – Motion can be around – Motion can be back and forth ...
Physical oceanography
Physical oceanography is the study of physical conditions and physical processes within the ocean, especially the motions and physical properties of ocean waters.Physical oceanography is one of several sub-domains into which oceanography is divided. Others include biological, chemical and geological oceanographies.