Lecture 7: Rock and Minerals
... Extrusive: cools rapidly at Earth’s surface (e.g., granite)Metamorphism Metamorphism: transformation due to changes in pressure and temperature ...
... Extrusive: cools rapidly at Earth’s surface (e.g., granite)Metamorphism Metamorphism: transformation due to changes in pressure and temperature ...
Lecture Notes on Convection and Plate Tectonics
... © 2002 Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico* ...
... © 2002 Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico* ...
Reading: Inside Earth
... temperature rises 1 Celsius degree. This rapid rise in temperature continues for several kilometers. After that, the temperature increases more slowly, but steadily. Pressure During your journey to the center of Earth, your instruments also record an increase in pressure in the surrounding rock. The ...
... temperature rises 1 Celsius degree. This rapid rise in temperature continues for several kilometers. After that, the temperature increases more slowly, but steadily. Pressure During your journey to the center of Earth, your instruments also record an increase in pressure in the surrounding rock. The ...
English - Fabio Crameri
... one plate sinks into the Earth’s mantle during subduction instead of both. When plates slide over one another, the rock is severely stressed by friction, pressure and temperature, but water carried by oceanic crust may reduce this. When the scientists superimposed a soft, water-rich layer of rock on ...
... one plate sinks into the Earth’s mantle during subduction instead of both. When plates slide over one another, the rock is severely stressed by friction, pressure and temperature, but water carried by oceanic crust may reduce this. When the scientists superimposed a soft, water-rich layer of rock on ...
ISN- Insert Plate Tectonics for Cornell Notes
... Earth’s lithosphere is broken into sections separated by cracks in Earth’s crust, or faults. They fit closely together and carry the continents, or parts of the ocean floor, or both. In the mid-1960s, geologists combined what they knew about seafloor spreading, Earth’s plates, and plate motion into ...
... Earth’s lithosphere is broken into sections separated by cracks in Earth’s crust, or faults. They fit closely together and carry the continents, or parts of the ocean floor, or both. In the mid-1960s, geologists combined what they knew about seafloor spreading, Earth’s plates, and plate motion into ...
lecture 01s - Kean University
... 180º rate Plates move0ºrelative to each other at90º a very slow but continuous Average about 5 centimeters (2 inches) per year Seven major lithospheric plates Cooler, denser slabs of oceanic lithosphere descend into the mantle Seven or so smaller ones. Plates are in motion and change in shape and si ...
... 180º rate Plates move0ºrelative to each other at90º a very slow but continuous Average about 5 centimeters (2 inches) per year Seven major lithospheric plates Cooler, denser slabs of oceanic lithosphere descend into the mantle Seven or so smaller ones. Plates are in motion and change in shape and si ...
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... effort into these problems, you will bring up your grade and be ready to ATTACK the PASS! Read the following passage about Earthquakes and answer the following questions. Earthquakes (1)Earthquakes are movements in the Earth’s crust that cause the ground to shake. (2) Earth’s crust consists of its s ...
... effort into these problems, you will bring up your grade and be ready to ATTACK the PASS! Read the following passage about Earthquakes and answer the following questions. Earthquakes (1)Earthquakes are movements in the Earth’s crust that cause the ground to shake. (2) Earth’s crust consists of its s ...
Haley Z
... the middle, releasing the stress you have put on it. The Earth's crust acts in the same way. As the plates move they put forces on themselves and each other. When the force is large enough, the crust is forced to break. When the break occurs, the stress is released as energy which moves through the ...
... the middle, releasing the stress you have put on it. The Earth's crust acts in the same way. As the plates move they put forces on themselves and each other. When the force is large enough, the crust is forced to break. When the break occurs, the stress is released as energy which moves through the ...
Unit 3 Lesson 1 Geological History
... example, the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America matched with the Scottish Highlands, and the distinctive rock strata of the Karroo system of South Africa were identical to those of the Santa Catarina system in Brazil. Wegener also found that the fossils found in a certain place often ind ...
... example, the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America matched with the Scottish Highlands, and the distinctive rock strata of the Karroo system of South Africa were identical to those of the Santa Catarina system in Brazil. Wegener also found that the fossils found in a certain place often ind ...
Unit 2 Test
... Sea floor is created How continents compare in age to seafloor Age of rocks as you move away from a mid-ocean ridge Where the oldest rock of the planet are found Largest & deepest ocean What happens to seafloor at a trench Occurs at mid-ocean ridges & where new sea floor is created How continental t ...
... Sea floor is created How continents compare in age to seafloor Age of rocks as you move away from a mid-ocean ridge Where the oldest rock of the planet are found Largest & deepest ocean What happens to seafloor at a trench Occurs at mid-ocean ridges & where new sea floor is created How continental t ...
Earthquakes and Damages Name
... ____ 37. To determine how far away from a seismograph station an earthquake occurred, scientists plot the difference in arrival times between... A. P and S waves B. seismic waves and tsunamis ____ 38. The concept that Earth's upper layer, or lithosphere, is divided into large, quite rigid segments w ...
... ____ 37. To determine how far away from a seismograph station an earthquake occurred, scientists plot the difference in arrival times between... A. P and S waves B. seismic waves and tsunamis ____ 38. The concept that Earth's upper layer, or lithosphere, is divided into large, quite rigid segments w ...
plate tectonics
... 7. Wegener couldn’t come up with a “mechanism” for his continental drift hypothesis. How did he think the continents moved around? ...
... 7. Wegener couldn’t come up with a “mechanism” for his continental drift hypothesis. How did he think the continents moved around? ...
PowerPoint Presentation - The Earth, Plate Tectonics
... floor, and the rock beneath it, are produced by magma that rises from deeper levels. Hess suggested that the ocean floor moved laterally away from the ridge and plunged into an oceanic trench along the continental margin. ...
... floor, and the rock beneath it, are produced by magma that rises from deeper levels. Hess suggested that the ocean floor moved laterally away from the ridge and plunged into an oceanic trench along the continental margin. ...
chapter 11—the mesozoic era
... “newer” approach represents a move to an equal division of the epochs and also a more natural way of dividing Cenozoic rocks in Europe. The Cenozoic, although covering only the last 66 million years, represents major worldwide changes. One such change occurred when the North Atlantic rift extended t ...
... “newer” approach represents a move to an equal division of the epochs and also a more natural way of dividing Cenozoic rocks in Europe. The Cenozoic, although covering only the last 66 million years, represents major worldwide changes. One such change occurred when the North Atlantic rift extended t ...
AlexanderT
... parts of South America, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Tonga. If civilians moving into these areas learn this information, they will be a lot safer. Earthquakes are most likely to occur in these places in the future. Yes, there are ways to determine which areas of the world are most prone to ...
... parts of South America, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Tonga. If civilians moving into these areas learn this information, they will be a lot safer. Earthquakes are most likely to occur in these places in the future. Yes, there are ways to determine which areas of the world are most prone to ...
Study Guide: Unit ESS2-1 and ESS2
... 19. A transform plate boundary is characterized by a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions. 20. Which one of the following is an important fundamental assumption underlying the plate tectonic theory? Earth's diameter has been essentially constant o ...
... 19. A transform plate boundary is characterized by a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions. 20. Which one of the following is an important fundamental assumption underlying the plate tectonic theory? Earth's diameter has been essentially constant o ...
Plate Tectonics PP and Bellringers
... – Occur in limited belts around the world – These same belts also contain most of Earth’s volcanoes – These belts locate plate boundaries ...
... – Occur in limited belts around the world – These same belts also contain most of Earth’s volcanoes – These belts locate plate boundaries ...
Section 2: Rocks and Minerals
... plates that slowly shift position 4. ________________- a deep, long valley in the ocean floor. 5. ________________- melted rock formed in the Earth’s mantle 6. ________________- an opening in the Earth’s surface that releases magma from the mantle 7. ________________- magma that has reached the Eart ...
... plates that slowly shift position 4. ________________- a deep, long valley in the ocean floor. 5. ________________- melted rock formed in the Earth’s mantle 6. ________________- an opening in the Earth’s surface that releases magma from the mantle 7. ________________- magma that has reached the Eart ...
The Moving Crust
... they travel through the Earth The area where they do not come through the other side of the earth is called a shadow zone ...
... they travel through the Earth The area where they do not come through the other side of the earth is called a shadow zone ...
Earth_s_Interior___Convection_2010
... think the earth’s interior looks like • What is the earths interior composed of? Why? (explain your ...
... think the earth’s interior looks like • What is the earths interior composed of? Why? (explain your ...
Tectonics of the Precambrian
... • No bioturbation • Since then, these rocks have been metamorphosed, but the original rock is easily inferred ...
... • No bioturbation • Since then, these rocks have been metamorphosed, but the original rock is easily inferred ...
Earthquakes
... **This is the most accurate scale used today** -Introduced in 1979. -Measures earthquake strength based on the amount of energy released by calculating size of the fault, amount of movement, and type of rock (stiffness). -The moment magnitude scale is preferred over the Richter scale by seismologist ...
... **This is the most accurate scale used today** -Introduced in 1979. -Measures earthquake strength based on the amount of energy released by calculating size of the fault, amount of movement, and type of rock (stiffness). -The moment magnitude scale is preferred over the Richter scale by seismologist ...
Post-glacial rebound
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Post-glacial rebound (sometimes called continental rebound) is the rise of land masses that were depressed by the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, through a process known as isostatic depression. Post-glacial rebound and isostatic depression are different parts of a process known as either glacial isostasy, glacial isostatic adjustment, or glacioisostasy. Glacioisostasy is the solid Earth deformation associated with changes in ice mass distribution. The most obvious and direct affects of post-glacial rebound are readily apparent in northern Europe (especially Scotland, Estonia, Latvia, Fennoscandia, and northern Denmark), Siberia, Canada, the Great Lakes of Canada and the United States, the coastal region of the US state of Maine, parts of Patagonia, and Antarctica. However, through processes known as ocean siphoning and continental levering, the effects of post-glacial rebound on sea-level are felt globally far from the locations of current and former ice sheets.