GEOL107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.1-1.2: Pyroclastic Flow, Dynamite Entertainment, Mudflow
29 Aug 2018
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Every manufactured object relies on earth"s resources. Economic systems of western civilization depend on abundant and cheap energy sources. Most of earth"s geologic activity (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc) occur along boundaries between tectonic plates. Hot, turbulent mixture of expanding gases and volcanic ash that flows rapidly down the side of a volcano. Slurry of water and rock debris that flows down a stream channel. Physical geology the division of geology concerned with earth materials, changes in the surface and interior of the earth, and the dynamic forces that cause those changes. System arbitrarily isolated portion of the universe that can be analyzed to see how its components interrelate. A small part of the larger solar system. Consists of the hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere. The water on or near earth"s surface. Of earth"s surface is covered by oceans. All of the living or once-living material on earth. Rock and other inorganic earth material that make up the bulk of the planet.
