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Earthquakes
EarthsStructure
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Where do they occur?
Plate Tectonics
Hazard Zones
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World Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plate
Boundaries
Transform plate
boundaries
Convergent plate
boundaries
Boundary Table
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Boundary Type Plate Motion Regional Stress Main Fault Type Landform
Divergent Tension Normal Mid-Ocean Ridges
Transform Shear Strike-Slip Transverse Mntns
Convergent Compression Thrust Oceanic Trenches Volcanic Arcs
Table of Tectonic Plate Boundaries
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Divergent Plate Boundaries
where two plates move away from each other . Most of the world's divergent plate boundaries are on the ocean floor, in the form of mid-ocean spreading ridge. At divergent boundaries, the two plates are continually moving apart, heading in opposite directions away from each other.
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Divergent Illustration
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Divergent Plate Illustration
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Mid-Ocean spreading in the deep ocean basins where the plates move apart. As they separate, hot lava from the mantle rises between them. This lava gradually cools, contracts, and cracks, creating faults.
Most are shallow
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Where plate slide horizontally against each other. These can also be caused by soil liquefaction (where the soil acts like liquid)
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Transform Plate Boundaries
Where two plates move horizontally side-by-side in opposite directions. Transform plate boundaries are strike-slip faults. As the two plates slide next to each other, trying to move in opposite directions, there is much friction and stress between them. As a result, transform plate boundaries are zones of frequent earthquakes.
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Convergent plate boundaries
Where two plates move toward each other and either collide with each other or one plate bends down and goes beneath the other.
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Called Sub-duction zones these comprise approximately 80% of major quakes. The famed Ring of Fire is included. One plate is thrust under another.
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Hazard ZoneAreas with frequent activity
The famed Ring of Fire
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Make an earthquake preparedness kit!
Food, water, matches, flashlight, batteries, blankets and SHOES! All will be very hard to come by following a large earthquake!
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Take action during an earthquake and remember to ‘Drop’, ‘Cover’ and ‘Hold On’. Move outside and away from buildings after the shaking.
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EARTHS STRUCTURE
Compositional Layers
Mechanical Layers
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Compositional Layers
Core
Mantle
Crust
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Mechanical Layers
Aesthenosphere
Lithosphere
Inner Core
Outer Core
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CrustThe outer layer of the Earth.
Continental crust is thick (25-50 km thick), low in density, and has an intermediate average composition.
Oceanic crust is thin (typically 5-10 km thick), higher in density, and has a mafic average composition
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Mantle
The layer located above the Core and below the Crust it begins about 6 miles(10 km) below the oceanic crust and about 19 miles (30 km) below the continental crust. It is about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) thick and makes up about 80% of Earth’s total volume
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Core
Although we have no samples to look at Seismic waves suggest a very dense molten metallic core.
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Outer Core
Is scorching hot and electrically conductive liquid. It is where Earth’s magnetic field is generated.
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Lithosphere
which is a rigid layer that is broken up into tectonic plates and averages about 100 km (60 miles) thick.
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Aesthenosphere
The layer beneath the lithosphere is the weak, soft Aesthenosphere, which is roughly 300 to 400 km thick
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Measuring Earthquakes
The Mercalli Scale
The Richter Scale
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The vibrations produced by earthquakes are detected, recorded, and measured by instruments called seismographs. The line made by a seismograph, called a "seismogram," show the changing intensity of the vibrations by responding to the motion of the ground. From this scientists can determine the time, the epicenter, the focal depth, and the type of fault of an earthquake.
There are two main types of scales used in connection to Earthquakes. The Mercalli and the Richter.
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In 1935, Charles F. Richter devised a way to record quake activity by measuring the size of
the seismic waves caused by the shifting earth. These impressions are recorded on a device
known as a seismograph, and much can be told from this mechanism. This graph can measure the date and time, along with the exact central
location of these troubling disasters. They in turn, are then ranked in terms of severity on the
world famous
The Richter Scale
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One way to measure the strength of an earthquake is to use the Mercalli scale.
Invented by Giuseppe Mercalli in 1902, this scale uses the observations of the people who
experienced the earthquake to estimate its intensity.
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The Mercalli Scale
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Predictions
Scientist use past occurrences to determine the likelihood of quakes. Very little improvement has been made in the accuracy of these predictions over the last half century.
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Whose Fault is it?
The crustal plates are being deformed by stresses . The ground will first bend, then upon reaching a certain limit, breaks and “snaps” to a new position. There are a couple main types of faults which cause earthquakes.
Strike-Slip Fault
Dip-Slip Fault
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Strike-Slip FaultStrike-Slip faults move horizontally and form from Shear stress.
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Dip-Slip FaultDip-Slip faults move vertically. One side moves up while the other moves down.
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Strike-Slip FaultAnimation
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The Film
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Quiz Question 1
Which of the below is a way to measure earthquake intensity?
The Mashall Scale The Mercury Scale The Mecalis Scale
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† Both the Mercalli and Richter scale are used to Measure Earthquakes.
† Two plates moving horizontally (side by side) form Transform boundaries and are active areas for Earthquakes.
† Stop Drop and Cover! Is the safety motto for Quake preparedness
† There are 3 major plate environments on Earth.
† The Lithosphere is 60 miles thick and is where most earthquakes occur.
REVIEW† Mid-Ocean Ridges form from Divergent boundaries.
† Nearly 80% of major Quakes form from Convergent boundaries
† The crust forms a thin outer layer on Earths surface.
† Earthquake prediction has not changed much over the last 20 years.
† What we have learned about the core is not from direct observation .† What we have learned about the core is not from direct observation .
Quiz Question 2
How many Major types of Plate environments exist?
2 4 3
Quiz Question 3
Prediction has evolved dramatically over the last 20 years.
TrueFalse
Quiz Question 4
This layer is on average 60 miles thick and most earthquakes occur
here.
Inner Core Aesthenosphere Lithosphere
Quiz Question 5
When 2 plates move horizontally in opposite direction. This type of
boundary forms.
Inoppositum Divergent Transform
Quiz Question 6
The Mid-Ocean ridges are formed by what type of boundary.
Convergent Ridgitum Divergent
Quiz Question 7
80% of major Earthquakes are caused by what type of boundary?
Diemuchium Transform Convergent
Quiz Question 8
Stop! Drop! Roll is the motto for Earthquake safety.
False True
Quiz Question 9
The Outer layer of the Earth structure is?
Outersphere Mantle Crust
Quiz Question 10
We have specific and direct observations of the Earth’s core.
TrueFalse
CreditsUSGS: Earthquake Center. (2007, March 20). Retrieved May 4, 2010, from United States Geologic Survey: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/
United States Geologic Survey. (n.d.). USGS Astrogeology Research Program. Retrieved May 4, 2010, from http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/
This Dynamic Earth: Developing the Theory. (2007, February 7). Retrieved May 4, 2010, from United States Geologic Survey: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/developing.html
Dub Long Photo Library(2010)