GEOL 1150 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bathymetry, Subsidence, Craton
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Core (outer/inner: continental drift, what was the basic idea, what was the basis, what were the problems, plate tectonics: sea floor spreading (chapter 2, post wegner observations. 1 (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) mid ocean ridges. Other absolute age determination techniques: geologic time scale, matter (chapter 3, elements and isotopes, atoms and ions, bonds, earth materials (chapter 3, minerals, rocks, etc, rock cycle, minerals (chapter 3, what makes a mineral a mineral, atomic structure and bonding, mineral formation, diagnostic properties (and how these relate to ionic arrangements, mineral classes, mineral identification/properties (cid:0) moh hardness scale. 2 (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) Sources of heat (cid:0) melting temperatures: igneous textures and what they indicate, igneous compositions, igneous rock classification and names, what affects composition, magma evolution/generation, plate tectonics and igneous activity, what are characteristics (compositions, styles, etc.
