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Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds Chapter 7

Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds Chapter 7. What evidence was used to support the continental drift hypothesis? What was one of the main objections to the continental drift hypothesis? What is the theory of plate tectonics?

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Global Tectonics

Global Tectonics. Introduction. Each rocky body, whether planet or moon, started with a hot interior. Each has been kept warm over time by energy released by the decay of radioactive isotopes ( ??? ).

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How Ecosystems Work

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Lecture 5. Rifting, Continental break-up, Transform faults

Lecture 5. Rifting, Continental break-up, Transform faults. How to break continent? Continental transform faults Dead Sea transform Dead Sea pull-apart basin. Continental break-up. Continental break-up. Continental break-up. Continental break-up. Continental break-up.

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Origin and Structure of the Earth

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Lithosphere in the Mediterranean region

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes. Measuring Earthquakes. Guide For Reading. What are the different kinds of seismic waves? How does the energy of an earthquake travel through Earth? What are the scales used to measure the strength of an Earthquake?. There are about ______ earthquakes per day, worldwide. 8,000.

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Earth Science Chapter 5

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The Dancing Plates: The Plate Tectonic Revolution

The Dancing Plates: The Plate Tectonic Revolution. The Rock Cycle. igneous. melting, cooling. melting, cooling. baking, pressing. erosion, dep. sedimentary. metamorphic. baking, pressing. erosion, dep. Earth: Compositional Layers. Composition. Physical Characteristics. crust.

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Lithosphere extension in 3-D (oblique rifting, rift propagation)

Lithosphere extension in 3-D (oblique rifting, rift propagation). Jolante van Wijk & Donna Blackman SIO. Lithosphere extension: 2-D or 3-D. Jan Mayen Fracture Zone. Outline. * 3-D cases and tectonic processes involved -oblique rifting -rift propagation

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Lithosphere extension in 3-D (oblique rifting, rift propagation)

Lithosphere extension in 3-D (oblique rifting, rift propagation). Jolante van Wijk & Donna Blackman SIO. Lithosphere extension: 2-D or 3-D. Jan Mayen Fracture Zone. Outline. * 3-D cases and tectonic processes involved -oblique rifting -rift propagation

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Plate Movement and Plate Boundaries

Plate Movement and Plate Boundaries. Chapter 4, Section 3. Plate Tectonics Theory. Lithosphere is divided into plates Plates move around on the asthenosphere. 3 Causes of plate motion. Slab Pull. Oceanic plate sinks (more dense) Pulls rest of tectonic plate with it. Ridge Push.

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CRCT Question

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Spheres of Earth

Spheres of Earth. In the past, scientists have studied the various parts of the Earth. They have looked at botany (how plants work), zoology (animals), geology (rocks), and physics (forces), but few have studied how all of these work together.

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Forming our Earth

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Earth on the Move

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Higher Lithosphere

Higher Lithosphere. Introduction to Limestone [ Date] Today I will: - Be able to explain what limestone is - Be able to describe the formation of a limestone pavement. Higher Lithosphere. What is limestone? - It is a sedimentary rock - It was formed mainly from sea shells

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Global average was 52.6 Class average was 62.2

Global average was 52.6 Class average was 62.2. Life expectancy Life satisfaction Ecological footprint. Living better, using less = Long, healthy lives X Satisfied lives Resources consumed. http://www.happyplanetindex.org/explore/global/index.html.

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Layers of the earth

Layers of the earth. By : Seth. Both crusts.

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Higher Geography Revision

Higher Geography Revision. The first N.A.B will happen on Tuesday 13 th November. In this exam you will be tested on 2 things: Lithosphere Hydrosphere. How is the N.A.B structured?. In the N.A.B you will have to answer 3 questions.

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