ESS105H1 Study Guide - Differential Stress, Mafic, Fluorine
Document Summary
Geology study of solid earth and processes by which shaped and changed. Volcano lava, hot volcanic ash, gas, mudflows, nutrients. River flood, water, transport, energy, fertile floodplains. Soil some dangerous to build on (liquefaction/shrink/swell) Natural resources distribution of iron vs. copper mines. Canada"s physiographic regions rockies, arctic, plains, great lakes, maritimes. Great lakes a few found within canadian shield landscape. Gneiss records intense deformation at great depths when crustal blocks collided to make up. Rockies castle mountain (main range mountain caused by collision of tectonic plates) high. Sinkhole caused by karst karstification soft carbonate bedrock. Juan de fuca plate subducting under north a. plate (cascadia subduction zone) Queen charlotte fault active transform fault. Lots of high-magnitude earthquakes the crustal mosaic that comprises oldest part of canada elevation glaciers wapta icefield. Copper mine with toxic effluent acid mine drainage . Sun external energy, earth internal energy. Mesa erosion carves mountain with steep sides and broad top.
