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Early Paleozoic Earth History

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Semester 2 Exam Review

Semester 2 Exam Review. Chapters 9, 10, 11, 14, 12, 15, 21, & 22. Chapter 9. Forces and Motion. #1: Define describe how to calculate speed, velocity, and acceleration. Speed : Distance traveled divided by the time taken to travel that distance

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Igneous Rocks

Igneous Rocks. Igneous = fire. Lava cooling. Figure 4.1. General characteristics of magma. Igneous rocks form as molten rock cools and solidifies General characteristics of magma Parent material of igneous rocks Forms from partial melting of rocks Magma at surface is called lava.

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Igneous Rocks

Chapter 4. Igneous Rocks. General characteristics of magma. Igneous rocks form as molten rock cools and solidifies General characteristics of magma: Parent material of igneous rocks Forms from partial melting of rocks Magma at surface is called lava. General characteristics of magma.

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Magma, Igneous Rocks, and Intrusive Activity Earth, 10e - Chapter 4

Magma, Igneous Rocks, and Intrusive Activity Earth, 10e - Chapter 4. General Characteristics of Magma. Igneous rocks form as molten rock cools and solidifies. General characteristics of magma: Parent material of igneous rocks Forms from partial melting of rocks

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Rocks

Rocks. Chapter 6. Three Major Types of Rock. Igneous: forms when magma, or molten rock, cools and hardens. Sedimentary: forms when sediment deposits are compressed and cemented together.

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Earth Science

Earth Science. Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Theory Unfolds Chapter 7. Continental drift: an idea before its time . Alfred Wegener First proposed hypothesis, 1915 Published The Origin of Continents and Oceans Continental drift hypothesis

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Lecture 3 Geologic Time, Sediments, and Sedimentary Rocks

Lecture 3 Geologic Time, Sediments, and Sedimentary Rocks. CEE 437 Engineering Geology I Oct. 8, 2002. Sedimentary Rocks and Geologic Time. Geologic Time Scale and it Origins Sedimentary Rock Types Depositional Environments Engineering Properties. Relative Time. Principle of Superposition

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics. lithosphere. asthenosphere. mesosphere. Lithosphere (hard). Asthenosphere (soft). Mesosphere. Earth formed 4.6 bya. Inner Core- 4300 o C mostly iron core inner part is so compressed that it is solid Outer Core- 3700 o C iron and sulfur liquid . Crust

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Early Paleozoic Geology

Early Paleozoic Geology. Chapter 10 Part 1. Early Paleozoic Cambrian Ordovician Silurian. Precambrian rocks. Precambrian: formed First crust First continents First supercontinent (broke up too) Shield: exposed Precambrian rock Craton: buried and exposed Precambrian rock

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An Introduction to Mountains

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Sedimentary rocks

Sedimentary rocks. Weathering is the process of breaking down rocks and minerals into smaller pieces by water, wind, and ice.

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TAKS Review

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mountains, mountain building, & growth of continents

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Metamorphic Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks. What is a metamorphic rock? Rocks, either igneous, sedimentary, and/or metamorphic, that have been changed in size, shape, texture, and even mineralogy by the application of heat, pressure, and chemically active fluids . Metamorphic Rocks. Metamorphic Rocks.

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LARAMIDE OROGENY

LARAMIDE OROGENY. Major tectonic event that formed the Rocky Mountains Occurred 70-40 Mya Occurred in the interior of a plate Occurred 1,000 miles from nearest subduction zone Can you explain the Laramide orogeny using the paradigm of plate tectonics?.

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Mountain Building

Mountain Building. Folding and Faulting. Stress in the Crust. Stress from plate motions causes crustal rocks to deform Rocks near the surface are cool and rigid . They will tend to fault ( break )

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The Earth & Rocks

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Understanding Planet Earth (EPSC 201) (www.eps.mcgill.ca/~courses/c201_fall)

Understanding Planet Earth (EPSC 201) (www.eps.mcgill.ca/~courses/c201_fall). Instructor: A.E. (Willy) Williams-Jones (willyj@eps.mcgill.ca) Textbooks: Earth: Portrait of a Planet or Essentials of Geology by S. Marshak. Introduction.

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