GEO 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sedimentary Rock, Rain Shadow, Hart Side
12 Jan 2017
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3 principal factors control global water deficits and surpluses: Where does e hit the most, where does air rise, cool and descend. Closer to falling water, going to receive more water (snow, rain) Air sweeps up the windward side of a mountain, p decreases = air cools. Cool, dry air descends and warms, absorbing moisture from other sources, creating a rain shadow. Green side = rain, brown side = drier side after precipitation. Lithosphere: the crust floating on top, where we live. Can theorize these layers because of the energy travelling and bouncing from earthquakes in earth. Rock"s @ earth"s crust vary according to mineral composition and how it"s formed. Minerals particular combination that has a hardness, density, and definite crystal structure. Made up of particles that contain various combinations of common elements + less common elements. Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, together w/ less abundant elements. Classification based on major ways they were formed.
