EPS 421 Lecture 14 Volcaniclastic sediments
... Factors controlling the nature of volcanic eruptions • the volatile content (water and CO2 especially) • viscosity of the magma. At depth, the volatiles are in solution in the magma but as the latter rises towards the Earth's surface and pressure decreases, the gases exsolve and expand. This causes ...
... Factors controlling the nature of volcanic eruptions • the volatile content (water and CO2 especially) • viscosity of the magma. At depth, the volatiles are in solution in the magma but as the latter rises towards the Earth's surface and pressure decreases, the gases exsolve and expand. This causes ...
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... BENCHMARK A: Describe how the positions and motions of the objects in the universe cause predictable and cyclic events. Indicator 19: Describe how objects in the Solar System are in regular and predictable motions that explain such phenomena as days, years, seasons, eclipses, tides and moon cycles. ...
... BENCHMARK A: Describe how the positions and motions of the objects in the universe cause predictable and cyclic events. Indicator 19: Describe how objects in the Solar System are in regular and predictable motions that explain such phenomena as days, years, seasons, eclipses, tides and moon cycles. ...
Geology, 39
... Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark ...
... Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark ...
On the nature of the Moho: Lithospheric-scale
... accreted onto the Slave craton between 2.1 Ga and 1.84 Ga by complex geologic processes. Thus, in this region reflection patterns near the crust-mantle boundary are expected to be similarly complex. However, observations along SNORCLE line 1 reveal simple Moho reflections characterized by subhorizon ...
... accreted onto the Slave craton between 2.1 Ga and 1.84 Ga by complex geologic processes. Thus, in this region reflection patterns near the crust-mantle boundary are expected to be similarly complex. However, observations along SNORCLE line 1 reveal simple Moho reflections characterized by subhorizon ...
Presentation #16 - the Middle East Seismological Forum
... There is a thick sedimentary cover on oceanic crust, 6-7 km of terrigenous sediments in the abyssal plane. There are no obvious magnetic anomalies related to ocean floor spreading in the Oman Sea. The oceanic crust formed during the Cretaceous quiet zone (108-79 Ma) ...
... There is a thick sedimentary cover on oceanic crust, 6-7 km of terrigenous sediments in the abyssal plane. There are no obvious magnetic anomalies related to ocean floor spreading in the Oman Sea. The oceanic crust formed during the Cretaceous quiet zone (108-79 Ma) ...
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... A. explains evidence for a dynamic Earth from a variety of subdisciplines in geology B. a common belief of a broad spectrum of geologists from different disciplines C. current explanation for the such earth processes as volcanism and earthquakes D. is the only theory explaining earth dynamics that h ...
... A. explains evidence for a dynamic Earth from a variety of subdisciplines in geology B. a common belief of a broad spectrum of geologists from different disciplines C. current explanation for the such earth processes as volcanism and earthquakes D. is the only theory explaining earth dynamics that h ...
The Kaapvaal craton (South Africa): no evidence for a supercontinental
... glacigenic horizon) across the cratonic blocks of North America, the Baltic and Siberian shields, as well as good geochronological data including that on precisely dated dyke swarms with matching geometries on postulated cratons within a Superia/Kenorland supercontinent, make a relatively compellin ...
... glacigenic horizon) across the cratonic blocks of North America, the Baltic and Siberian shields, as well as good geochronological data including that on precisely dated dyke swarms with matching geometries on postulated cratons within a Superia/Kenorland supercontinent, make a relatively compellin ...
Geology: Fluids in the lower crust following Mendocino triple
... which asthenospheric mantle upwells to the base of the crust. A variety of geological and geophysical data support this model, although fine-scale (<20 km) details of the lithospheric structure have been unknown previously. Seismic investigations in the onshore transform regime south of the Mendocin ...
... which asthenospheric mantle upwells to the base of the crust. A variety of geological and geophysical data support this model, although fine-scale (<20 km) details of the lithospheric structure have been unknown previously. Seismic investigations in the onshore transform regime south of the Mendocin ...
subduction zones
... – South America subduction zone: Nazca plate (oceanic) subducting beneath South American ...
... – South America subduction zone: Nazca plate (oceanic) subducting beneath South American ...
Chapter 9
... Over 70,000 kilometers (43,000 miles) in length Twenty-three percent of Earth’s surface Winds through all major oceans ...
... Over 70,000 kilometers (43,000 miles) in length Twenty-three percent of Earth’s surface Winds through all major oceans ...
subduction zones
... – South America subduction zone: Nazca plate (oceanic) subducting beneath South American ...
... – South America subduction zone: Nazca plate (oceanic) subducting beneath South American ...
Orogenic Belts and Orogenic Sediment Provenance
... By selecting a limited number of variables (westward vs. eastward subduction polarity; oceanic vs. continental origin of downgoing and overriding plates), we identify eight end-member scenarios of plate convergence and orogeny. These are characterized by five different types of composite orogenic pr ...
... By selecting a limited number of variables (westward vs. eastward subduction polarity; oceanic vs. continental origin of downgoing and overriding plates), we identify eight end-member scenarios of plate convergence and orogeny. These are characterized by five different types of composite orogenic pr ...
GEOLOGIC MAP OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA INTRODUCTION
... Units of the undivided stratified and (or) metamorphosed and (or) deformed rocks category comprise stratified rocks and (or) their metamorphosed and (or) deformed equivalents that were not assigned to other categories of units because (1) their degree of deformation and (or) metamorphism are poorly ...
... Units of the undivided stratified and (or) metamorphosed and (or) deformed rocks category comprise stratified rocks and (or) their metamorphosed and (or) deformed equivalents that were not assigned to other categories of units because (1) their degree of deformation and (or) metamorphism are poorly ...
middle cambrian stratigraphy in the røyken area, oslo region
... merate or arkose. The thickness of the arkose and the conglomerate is up to l Yz m. On top of the conglomerate there is a thin, light lime stone (5-10 cm) followed by dark limestone and black shale. The sediments have been extensively altered by the Drammen Granite, and there are no fossils. The co ...
... merate or arkose. The thickness of the arkose and the conglomerate is up to l Yz m. On top of the conglomerate there is a thin, light lime stone (5-10 cm) followed by dark limestone and black shale. The sediments have been extensively altered by the Drammen Granite, and there are no fossils. The co ...
Volcanic and sedimentary stratigraphy of the Rio Grande gorge and
... parallel to the Embudo fault trend (Leininger, 1982). Left-lateral slip along the Embudo fault is a late development in the history of the rift. Early rifting was dominated by simple extension and dip—slip motion. The transcurrent motion began during the Pliocene and is synchronous with the major up ...
... parallel to the Embudo fault trend (Leininger, 1982). Left-lateral slip along the Embudo fault is a late development in the history of the rift. Early rifting was dominated by simple extension and dip—slip motion. The transcurrent motion began during the Pliocene and is synchronous with the major up ...
Geology - Central Washington University Geological Sciences
... margins, but very different from most rifted margins, which display much more gradual transitions in crustal thickness. The geophysical data indicate an absence of synrift intrusive and volcanic rocks, underplated mafic rocks at the base of the crust, and abnormally thick oceanic crust adjacent to t ...
... margins, but very different from most rifted margins, which display much more gradual transitions in crustal thickness. The geophysical data indicate an absence of synrift intrusive and volcanic rocks, underplated mafic rocks at the base of the crust, and abnormally thick oceanic crust adjacent to t ...
Rock Cycle Roundabout
... rocks then are formed through a slower cooling that takes place underneath the surface of the Earth’s crust. An example of intrusive igneous rocks is granite. Igneous rocks can either be weathered and compacted into sedimentary rocks, or they can be subjected to heat and pressure causing them to bec ...
... rocks then are formed through a slower cooling that takes place underneath the surface of the Earth’s crust. An example of intrusive igneous rocks is granite. Igneous rocks can either be weathered and compacted into sedimentary rocks, or they can be subjected to heat and pressure causing them to bec ...
Origins of the lower crustal reflectivity in the L¨utzow
... Bay region (Kanao, 1997). The shear wave velocity models derived consist of 32 layers with thickness of either 1 or 2 km, depending on the expected large velocity discontinuity in the starting model after Ikami et al. (1984). That is, we have set the thickness of 1 km for the topmost surface layer a ...
... Bay region (Kanao, 1997). The shear wave velocity models derived consist of 32 layers with thickness of either 1 or 2 km, depending on the expected large velocity discontinuity in the starting model after Ikami et al. (1984). That is, we have set the thickness of 1 km for the topmost surface layer a ...
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CECIL D
... groundmass. Flow structures, pegmatite and aplite segregations, and miarolitic cavities are common in the seriate-textured granite. Zone 4, which forms the central part of the complex, consists of fineto medium-grained biotite granite and locally developed leucogranite. Small miarolitic cavities are ...
... groundmass. Flow structures, pegmatite and aplite segregations, and miarolitic cavities are common in the seriate-textured granite. Zone 4, which forms the central part of the complex, consists of fineto medium-grained biotite granite and locally developed leucogranite. Small miarolitic cavities are ...
Tuolumne Meadows
... of the Sierra Nevada batholith. Detailed studies have shown that most of the granitic rocks in this area are related and are part of the same pluton. The rocks in different parts of the pluton appear different because they crystallized at different times and the composition of the magma changed as t ...
... of the Sierra Nevada batholith. Detailed studies have shown that most of the granitic rocks in this area are related and are part of the same pluton. The rocks in different parts of the pluton appear different because they crystallized at different times and the composition of the magma changed as t ...
Physiography of British Columbia - Ministry of Forests, Lands and
... 35 million years ago), the bulk of the Tertiary Period was an interval of erosion of the British Columbia landscape. Topography west of the Rocky Mountains was reduced to gentle slopes and broad valleys with up to 500 m of local relief, forming an ancient eroded landscape, relicts of which remain as ...
... 35 million years ago), the bulk of the Tertiary Period was an interval of erosion of the British Columbia landscape. Topography west of the Rocky Mountains was reduced to gentle slopes and broad valleys with up to 500 m of local relief, forming an ancient eroded landscape, relicts of which remain as ...
Geological Mapping and Structural Setting of the Archean Volcanic
... Rock name of this sample is weakly weathered, K-feldspar-quartz-sulfide-carbonate altered meta-rhyolite breccia. The sawn rock slice represents a massive fine-grained grey rock with small disseminated lustrous sulfide grains (pyrite). Weathering has generated irregularly shaped large cream patches w ...
... Rock name of this sample is weakly weathered, K-feldspar-quartz-sulfide-carbonate altered meta-rhyolite breccia. The sawn rock slice represents a massive fine-grained grey rock with small disseminated lustrous sulfide grains (pyrite). Weathering has generated irregularly shaped large cream patches w ...
Lithospheric Removal as aTrigger for Flood
... et al., 2003), indicating that the ‘flood basalts’ began erupting almost simultaneously over this vast territory, and that this event occurred within a relatively short time span, at a calculated eruption rate of 1·66 km3/ka (Ferrari et al., 2000). Although these magmatic volumes and eruption rates ...
... et al., 2003), indicating that the ‘flood basalts’ began erupting almost simultaneously over this vast territory, and that this event occurred within a relatively short time span, at a calculated eruption rate of 1·66 km3/ka (Ferrari et al., 2000). Although these magmatic volumes and eruption rates ...
Activity–Pacific Northwest Tectonic Block Model
... of coastal blocks with respect to stable North America (yellow arrows). The southern Cascade volcanic arc (red triangles) erupts along the trailing edge of Oregon block in a region of crustal extension. Orange areas, representing young volcanic rocks erupted in the last 2 million years, are more vol ...
... of coastal blocks with respect to stable North America (yellow arrows). The southern Cascade volcanic arc (red triangles) erupts along the trailing edge of Oregon block in a region of crustal extension. Orange areas, representing young volcanic rocks erupted in the last 2 million years, are more vol ...
Algoman orogeny
The Algoman orogeny, known as the Kenoran orogeny in Canada, was an episode of mountain-building (orogeny) during the Late Archean Eon that involved repeated episodes of continental collisions, compressions and subductions. The Superior province and the Minnesota River Valley terrane collided about 2,700 to 2,500 million years ago. The collision folded the Earth's crust and produced enough heat and pressure to metamorphose the rock. Blocks were added to the Superior province along a 1,200 km (750 mi) boundary that stretches from present-day eastern South Dakota into the Lake Huron area. The Algoman orogeny brought the Archaen Eon to a close, about 2,500 million years ago; it lasted less than 100 million years and marks a major change in the development of the earth’s crust.The Canadian shield contains belts of metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks formed by the action of metamorphism on volcanic and sedimentary rock. The areas between individual belts consist of granites or granitic gneisses that form fault zones. These two types of belts can be seen in the Wabigoon, Quetico and Wawa subprovinces; the Wabigoon and Wawa are of volcanic origin and the Quetico is of sedimentary origin. These three subprovinces lie linearly in southwestern- to northeastern-oriented belts about 140 km (90 mi) wide on the southern portion of the Superior Province.The Slave province and portions of the Nain province were also affected. Between about 2,000 and 1,700 million years ago these combined with the Sask and Wyoming cratons to form the first supercontinent, the Kenorland supercontinent.