OCE 3014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Agulhas Current, Benguela Current, North South Mrt Line
Document Summary
Water vapor trapped in earth"s outer layers escaped to the surface through volcanic activity during the planet"s youth. The vapor cooled and condensed to form an ocean. Formulation of a hypothesis (educated guess) to explain the phenomena. Use of the hypothesis to predict the answer to the question or the phenomena. Lines of constant longitudes "meridians" extend from pole to pole. Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the "east west" position of a point on the earths surface. The angular distance of a place "north - south" of the earths equator, or of a celestial object north or. Two plates move apart from each other - mid atlantic ridge. Two plates move toward each other and interact - nazca plate. Two plates slide laterally past each other - san andrea"s fault. Submerged outer edge of a continent made of granitic crust. The continental margin near an area of lithospheric plate divergence; also called atlantic type margin.
