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Tectonic Essays and Term Papers
Continental Drift NotesAdrian Clamonte
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Evidence of continental drift
* Continents were one joined together , but drifted
* Coast of continents can aligned
* Regions of some continents that are far apart have similar rocks, mountain ranges, ...
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Convection in Earth's Atmosphere, Ocean and MantleBoth planetary systems retain heat from their early creation but cool down into space inexorably. Thus planetary surfaces are cold about hotter interiors. Therefore, cold material becomes thermally convected and sinks when light and hot (liquid water close frozen is one of the few exceptions). Each ...
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The Forever Moving LandThe land below us is always in motion. Plate tectonics studies these
restless effects to give us a better understanding of the Earth and its past.
New molten rocks are poured out in the form of magma from the mid-ocean ridges.
The rock is recycled and re-entered back into the earth in deep ocean ...
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Drumlin Formation By Catastrophic FloodingSince 1983, several investigators have developed a theory of due to the release of meltwater that is believed to have accumulated beneath melting ice sheets. The proposed catastrophic sheet floods, as wide as the drumlin fields, formed the drumlins and related streamlined landforms, such as ...
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Earth Layers: The Crust and Upper MantelEarth Layers: The Crust and Upper mantel
The theroery of Plate Tectonics
The theory of plate tectonics states that the earth's upper mantle and crust, have been broken into huge slab pieces, which are also called plates.
Divergent Boundries
Divergent boundaries are mostly found on the ...
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What Can We Learn From Wenchuan EarthquakeWhat Can We Learn From Wenchuan Earthquake
At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, a big earthquake happened in Wen Chuan which attracted the world’s attention. It is the most severe earthquake from the built of the People’s Republic of China. The magnitude is the third largest earthquake since Tibet ...
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EarthquakesAn earthquake is shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin.
"A broadly satisfying explanation of the majority of can be given in terms of what is called plate tectonics. The basic idea is that the Earth's outermost part also called the lithosphere consists of ...
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Tsunamishave occurred on many occasions all around the world. These massive waves have been caused by eruptions, landslides, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. Each tsunami may be different from the next thus preventing the exact measurements and dynamics to be pinpointed. In recent years ...
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Geology Fo Marsby Luke Justis
Mars is the planet that is the closest geologically to our own. Still we know little about the planet. All the information that we have is from what we see. We can speculate about the geology of the planet but we will never know for sure what the planet is really made of until we ...
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Earthquakeshave plagued our lives for as long as people have inhabited
the earth. These dangerous acts of the earth have been the cause of many deaths
in the past century. So what can be done about these violent eruptions that take
place nearly with out warning? Predicting an earthquake until now has ...
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Earthquakeshave plagued our lives for as long as people have inhabited the earth. These dangerous acts of the earth have been the cause of many deaths in the past century. So what can be done about these violent eruptions that take place nearly with out warning? Predicting an earthquake until now has almost ...
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TsunamiWhat is a Tsunami:
Tsunami is a series of traveling ocean waves of extremely long length generated by disturbances associated primarily with earthquakes occurring below or near the ocean floor. Underwater volcanic eruptions and landslides can also generate tsunamis. In the deep ocean, their ...
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Mercury 2Mercury is the eighth largest planet in our solar system, equaling roughly one-third of Earth’s size. It is also the planet closest to the sun, and is often visible with binoculars, or even the naked eye. It’s difficult to see in the twilight sky. One of Mercury’s most ...
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MexicoSouthward from its 1,500 mile long border with the United States lies
the Estados Unidos Mexicanos. A country with slightly more than 750,000 square
miles in area, has a vast array of mineral resources, limited
agricultural land, and a rapidly growing population. These factors are the basis
for ...
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Ocean EnvironmentThe sea is the most obvious feature of the earth's surface.
Approximately seventy percent of this surface is covered by water, in one way or
another. Beneath this water are the familiar sands of the beaches, bottoms of
bays, and the inshore ocean. Farther offshore this water covers an ...
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Ural MountainsThe are a rugged spine across Russia, running 1,300 miles
from the fringe of the Arctic in the North, to the bend of the Ural River in the
South. Traditionally they form a boundary between Europe and Asia. The north-
south course of the Urals is relatively narrow, varying from about 20 to ...
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How Mountains Are FormedMountains are formed over long periods of time by forces of the earth.
Mountains just don’t appear in any place. Most are formed when plates, or
huge pieces of the Earth’s crust, pull and push against each other. Great
mountain ranges are formed by the movement of tectonic ...
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Continental Driftis the theory that the positions of the earth's continents have changed a lot through geologic time. The German meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed the first comprehensive theory of in 1912, on the basis of the way the continents fit together on the opposing Atlantic coasts and paleontology ...
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Black LegendThe “”
During the late 15th and early 16th centuries Catholic Spain was beginning a vast movement in efforts to dominate Europe by conquering lands about the “New World.” Lands in Mexico and areas near the Yucatan known as New Spain became the focal point of Spain’s ...
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Mars 3The net Mars is an interesting and mysterious planet. It is often referred to as the “Red Planet.” The rocks, soil, and sky all have a red hue on account of rust. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun at about 141 million miles (228 million kilometers) and the last terrestrial ...
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