Module 11 - Plate Tectonics · “continents have moved in relation to one another” Plate...
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Module 11 Plate Tectonics
TEKTONIK LEMPENG
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PLATE TECTONICSContinental drift ❑ “continents have moved in relation to one
another”
Plate tectonics ❑ “lithosphere is believed to be broken into
individual plates that move in response to convection in the (upper) mantle”
❑ The margins of the plates are sites of considerable geologic activity.
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Crust Mantle Core (CMC)-sphere
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Dep
th (k
m)
cold, rigid, brittlehot, plastic
Δ = 3,3– 4,3 g/cm3
hot, high pressure,rigid, brittle
Liquid
45000 C
solid
rocks
ultrabasic igneous rocks
(MgO, SiO2)
Fe, Ni
Crust Mantle Core (CMC)-sphere
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Plate Tectonic Theory
• Lithosphere is broken into individual pieces called plates
• Plates move over the asthenosphere – as a result of underlying convection cells
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Antonio Snider-Pelligrini’ Map (1858)
Continental Drift
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Alfred Wegener’ Map (1915)
Continental Drift
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Wegener’s Concept of Continental Drift and Orogenesis
Note: Most geologists and geophysicists rejected Wegener’s ideas because they violated what was known about the STRENGTH OF ROCKS. Also, centrifugal force (from Earth’s rotation) along with tidal forces were deemed to be TOO SMALL to move the continents!
Continental Drift
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Continents Fit Together
Evidence on Continent
Best fit at 100 m below sea level
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Evidence on Continent
Rocks andStructures Match Up
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Appalachians
AppalachiansCaledonides
Mauritanides
Mountain Belts of the Same Age
Evidence on Continent
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Evidence on Continent
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Evidence on Continent
Fossils
Lystrosaurus
Glossopteris
Cynognathus
Mesosaurus
Permian-Pennsylvanian
Early Triassic
Permian
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Evidence on Continent
Glacial Features
Direction of ice flow
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Evidence on Continent
Paleoclimate of Pangea
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Evidence on Seafloor
Seafloor Morphology : Indicating seafloor spreading
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Evidence on Seafloor
Paleomagnetism & seafloor spreading
Magnetic Time Scale Magnetic Stripe Formation at Ridge Crest
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Evidence on Seafloor
Paleomagnetism & seafloor spreading
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Evidence on SeafloorSeafloor Age Map
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Mantle Plume Hot Spot Tracks
Evidence on Seafloor
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Directions of Motion and Plate Velocities Determined by Mantle Plume Hot Spot Tracks and Age-Dating of Rocks
Plate Tectonics
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Directions of Motion and Plate Velocities Determined by GPS (Global Positioning System) Satellites
Plate TectonicsDirections of Motion and Plate Velocities
Determined by GPS (Global Positioning System) Satellites
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Reconstruction
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Earth’s Tectonic Plates
South American
Juan de Fuca
Cocos
Pacific
Nazca
Antarctic Antarctic
Caribbean
Scotian
African
Eurasian
Arabian
Indo Australian
Pacific
Philippine
North American
Plate Tectonics
North American
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Plate Tectonics
What drives Plate Tectonics?
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What drives plate motions
• Forces that drive plate motion
SLAB PULL Cold, dense slabs of subducted oceanic lithosphere pull the plate towards the subduction zone
MANTLE DRAG and PLATE RESISTANCE Can act to increase or decrease plate motion
RIDGE-PUSH • The higher elevation of spreading centers result in oceanic
lithosphere wanting to move “downhill”, away from the ridge • Far less important than slab-pull
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Internal Heat
Plate Tectonics
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3 plate interactions: Divergent
Convergent Transform
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Results in the formation of Oceanic Crust
Plate TectonicsDivergent Boundary
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Transform BoundaryPlate Tectonics
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Results in the formation & growth of Continental Crust and destruction of Oceanic Crust
Melting Produces
More Felsic Magma
Plate TectonicsConvergent Boundary: Subduction
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OCEAN-OCEAN CONVERGENCE = SUBDUCTION
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OCEAN-CONTINENT CONVERGENCE = SUBDUCTION
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Results in the growth of Continental Crust
Plate TectonicsCONTINENT-CONTINENT CONVERGENCE = COLLISION
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CONTINENT-CONTINENT CONVERGENCE = COLLISION
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BASIC PLATE TECTONICS – Revised
• Earth’s lithosphere is broken into 12-24 rigid plates
• Plates move about 1-10 cm/yr on the plastic Asthenosphere
• “Geology happens” where the plates interact with one another along Divergent, Transform, Subduction and Collisional Boundaries
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Tectonic Plates of the Earth
(Hamblin & Christiansen, 2009)
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