Slide 1Mantle Geophysics and Tectonophysics Topics: Heat transport within the Earth Mantle convection Elastic (seismic) properties The CMB The upper mantle…
Slide 1 Charles DeMets Dept. of Geology & Geophysics Univ. of Wisconsin- Madison Subduction tectonics: Earthquake cycle and long-term deformation Acknowledgments to Francisco…
Slide 1 Plate Tectonics Wegenerâs Continental Drift Hypothesis stated that the continents had once been joined to form a single supercontinent (Pangaea). Wegener proposed…
Slide 1 Earth Science Structure of the earth Tectonics Wegenerâs Continental Drift Hypothesis (1912) stated that the continents had once been joined to form a single supercontinent…
3 Geological Features 3 Geological Features Mara Sprang The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic activity from an undersea magma source called a hotspot. As the tectonic…