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Santorini eruption (Heiken and McCoy, JGR, 1984)
This is before the the eruption; then show a large eruption
Santorini eruption (Heiken and McCoy, JGR, 1984)
This is right after the eruption
Santorini eruption (Heiken and McCoy, JGR, 1984)
This is today. To get here, show the interior islands slowly
growing with small, occasional eruptions.
Santorini: Tectonics of the Eastern Mediterranean
Santorini: Tectonics of the Eastern Mediterranean
Santorini: Tectonics of the Eastern Mediterranean
Fuji: show the ocean plates moving, with occasional volcanic
activity at both the ridge and the “Folded Mountain Belt”
Fuji: Show an animation of the plates moving, from as far
back as possible (750 million years?) to the present. There
should be many such animations available.
Galapagos: hydrothermal circulation.
Show occasional lava flow, as well as water circulation down
into the crust, coming near the magma chamber, and then
coming out at the ridge as thermal vents.
Grand Canyon: show the development of the canyon through
headward erosion. Start with a flat plateau and slowly start
having the fingers of side valleys cut into the surrounding
plateau until the canyon is as wide as it is today.
Grand Canyon: Animation showing the transformation of the California Coast from a
subduction zone to a transform fault.
Blue Hole: Animation showing the retreat of the North America Ice
Sheet.
Himalayas: collision of India into China, forming the Tibetan
Plateau
Himalayas: collision of India into China, forming the Tibetan
Plateau
Himalayas: collision of India into China, forming the Tibetan
Plateau (another version, which shows how the Himalayas
are rising)
Himalayas: collision of India into China, forming the Tibetan
Plateau (another version – which shows how the thrusted
blocks build southward)
Himalayas: collision of India into China, forming the Tibetan
Plateau (another version – the science isn’t correct, but I like
the textures)
Himalayas: tectonic uplift of mountain peaks with large-scale
erosion (this image gives the general idea of the isostatic
uplift, though some of the peaks can actually get higher)
Amazon: this would be a fine level of detail for an animation
of the convergence of the rivers. (I will explain this to you)
Amazon: animation showing the deepening of a soil profile.
Over hundreds of feet, it is the E horizon that lengthens. So a
far off enough perspective to be able to show these layers
start near the surface and then extend deeper and deeper (to
about 200 feet) with increased rain.
Iguazu Falls: Animation showing how
the waterfall recedes over time, moving
upstream as a weaker layer of rock at
the bottom (e.g., the tan layer at the
bottom in the figure at the bottom)
erodes away, undercutting the stronger
rock layers overhead.
Iguazu Falls: Animation showing how
the waterfall recedes over time, moving
upstream as a weaker layer of rock at
the bottom (e.g., the tan layer at the
bottom in the figure at the bottom)
erodes away, undercutting the stronger
rock layers overhead.
Mammoth Caves: Animation showing the formation of a cave
system. With the water table high, water-filled passages begin to
form (1); the passages widen and connect (2); when the water
table drops, the caves become air-filled (3); at this point, cave
features like stalactites and stalagmites begin to form.
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Blue Hole: Animation of receding North American Ice Sheet. The
numbers here are in thousands of years in the past. You could
have a clock in the upper corner, counting down from 16,000
(15,000; 14,000; etc., down to 5,000). The ice sheet would be
unmoving from 16-16 thousand, and would be gone by 5,000
years ago.
Bryce Canyon:
http://www.nps.gov/brca/naturescience/hoodoos.htm
Show as an animation, evolving from one to the next
Bryce Canyon: Grand Staircase: (Show as an animation,
sweeping right to left)
http://brycecanyoncountry.com/blog/wpcontent/uploads/2011/01/Grand_Staircase-big1.jpg