EOSC 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Beaufort Scale, Metamorphic Rock, Heat Capacity
10 Dec 2017
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Unit 1: a fragile system: explain what density is & how it relates to stratification, density = mass/volume; how much mass fits into a space. Dilution of energy: tsunami: minutes -> hours, floods: hours -> days. Involves the creation -> movement -> destruction of plates: one cycle can last more than 200 million years, types of plate boundaries, divergent: two plates move away. Forms: large, underwater mid-ocean ridges: rifts formed through seafloor spreading, convergent: two plates collide. Mineral: naturally occurring crystalline substance w/ specific elemental composition: rock cycle: recycling of three major groups of rock, crystallization of molten rock -> igneous rock (cid:271)e(cid:374)eath/o(cid:374) ea(cid:396)th"s u(cid:396)fa(cid:272)e, weathering -> sediment. Rock and hydrological transfer and store: elements and chemicals are transferred via storage compartments/reservoirs, when a biogeochem cycle is understood, the rate of transfer (flux) among all components is known. List the 1st and 2nd most common elements in the earth, ocean, and atmosphere.
