1.   2. Vocabulary Continental Drift Plate tectonics subduction trench volcano hotspot magma lava convection fault lithosphere mantle crustcore 3. Plate Tectonics Thetheory…

1.LETTERS PUBLISHED ONLINE: 20 JANUARY 2013 | DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1710Solid-state plastic deformation in the dynamic interior of a differentiated asteroid B. J. Tkalcec1 *,…

1.   2. Vocabulary Continental Drift Plate tectonics subduction trench volcano hotspot magma lava convection fault lithosphere mantle crustcore 3. Plate Tectonics Thetheory…

1. Manuel A. Vásquez S. 9-A Biology L2 Earth Layers Presentation 1/4 2. Crust: • t is the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet or natural satellite, which is chemically…

1. Solid Earth Geophysics-Geop503Ali Oncel [email_address] Department of Earth Sciences, KFUPM Introduction toSolid-Earth Geophysics 2. Dr. Ali O. Oncel : Building 26, Room:319…

Slide 1 Rheology rheology What is rheology ? From the root work “rheo-” Current: flow Greek: rhein, to flow (river) Like rheostat – flow of current Slide 2 Rheology…

Slide 1 Igneous Rocks Slide 2 Geo Facts Started in 1948 and located in SD The head is 26 m tall, his arm more than 70 m long Made of feldspar, diorite, and quartz Crazy Horse…

Evidence for Plate Tectonics As it turns out, Alfred was right. 1. Alfred Wegenerâs Evidence for Continental Drift The puzzle-like fit of some of the continents (such as…

Gravity: Oceanic lithosphere thickens as it moves away from a spreading centre and cools, a configuration which might tend to induce plates to slide under the force of gravity,…

Meteor Crater, Arizona http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm 1.2 kilometers (0.7 miles) 40,000 years old Wolfe Creek, Australia 0.9 kilometers (0.5 miles) 300,000 years…