GEOB 103 Study Guide - Final Guide: Continental Crust, Oceanic Crust, Jet Stream
15 Dec 2017
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Brett eaton - room 143 geography, wednesday 11:00 to 12:00 of ce hours. Geology, biology, chemistry, physics - 4 main fundamental science concepts that are derived. Planetary-scale processes drive the motion of the earth"s tectonic plates controls the location of mountains, plains, plateaus, and ocean basins mountain belts, volcanic arcs, rift valleys. The himalayas crustal root can be over 50km thick. Once the iceberg melts, the bottom shifts to keep the same proportion, same with the mountains. Convergent boundaries are those where two plates move toward and collide with one another. Transform boundaries - two plates slide laterally past one another. Divergent boundaries - two plates spread apart the mid-atlantic ridge is a divergent boundary where the mantle is pushed upwards. Tectonically active mountain ranges - himalayas, andes, coast mountains, are tall, rocky, bare and all lie on a convergent boundary. Lithology related to the style of weathering and the soil that is affected.
