1.Volcanoes Chapter 15 Lesson 2 Pages 544 - 552 2. Vocabulary • Volcano – a vent in Earth’s crust through which melted – or molten – rock flows • Magma – Molten…

1.Chapter 15 Lesson 1: Volcanoes – p544-552 – page 1 Vocabulary  Volcano (545) – a vent in Earth’s crust through which melted – or molten – rock flows …

1. HOT SPOTS 2. HOT SPOT- A thermal anomaly within Earth's mantle, generally consisting of a hot, rising plume of mantle material that generates volcanism- or increased…

Geol. Mag. 150 (5 ), 2013, pp. 952–958. c© Cambridge University Press 2013 952 doi:10.1017/S001675681300040X RAPID COMMUNICATION Crustal xenoliths from Tallante (Betic…

Slide 11 LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES: Results of Delamination? Don L. Anderson Caltech Slide 2 2 A new GSA book Slide 3 3 Delamination: The Eclogite Engine Kay, R.W. & Kay,…

Slide 1 June 29, 2009EURISPET1 Strength of the lithosphere Introduction to mantle rheology from laboratory approach Shun-ichiro Karato Yale University New Haven, USA Slide…

Basic Structure of the Earth Basic Structure of the Earth Definitions Pressure – amount of force acting on a surface Plastic - Capable of undergoing continuous deformation…

What’s Geophysics Understanding the Earth’s composition and dynamics, and their relationships with the surface geological phenomena, using the means of Physics. Analogy:…

8.1 What Is an Earthquake? Layers Defined by Composition 8.4 Earth’s Layered Structure  Earth’s interior consists of three major zones defined by their chemical composition—the…

Volcanoes: Part One New Terminology Viscosity Resistance of a material to flow Ex: honey vs. tar Volatiles Gases dissolved in magma Makinâ Magma⦠Recall the asthenosphere⦅