Slide 1Plate Tectonic Model Did you read chapter 30 before coming to class? A.Yes B.No Slide 2 So how do you move a continent? Slide 3 Slide 4 What drives plate motion? …
Slide 1 Chapter 4: Basins due to flexure This presentation contains illustrations from Allen and Allen (2005) Slide 2 Flexure at ocean trenches and foreland basins Flexure…
Slide 1 Plate Tectonics Relatively new theory - introduced about 30 years ago Unifies several branches of the Earth Sciences http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html…
Geologic Time MYA? MYA? MYA? MYA stands for Millions of Years Ago Geologic time is measured in millions of years because the time span is so large. Geologic Timeline Geologic…
PowerPoint Presentation Using Google Earth to See the World CONVERGENT BOUNDARY Oceanic Plate Continental Plate Nazca Plate South American Plate = Andes Pacific Plate North…