Plate Tectonics 10.3 08 09
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Ch 10 Plate Tectonics
• Section 10.3 Theory of Plate Tectonics
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Ah – ha!
• Scientists realized that the continental drift idea could be explained by sea floor spreading……(early 1960’s)
• The Earth’s crust is broken into “plates” that move, grow, and subduct.
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• Plates are made of ______ and upper ________; these compose the _________.
• These ______ plates float and move atop the plasticlike layer called the ________.
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• Plates are made of crust and upper mantle; these compose the lithosphere.
• These rigid plates float and move atop the plasticlike layer called the asthenosphere.
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The Earth’s Plates
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Global Plate Motions
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Types of Boundaries
ConvergentDivergentTransform
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Tectonics – study of formation of crustal features
• Oceanic crust – thin, dense, basaltic
• Continental crust – thick, less dense, granitic
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Convergent Boundary
Ocean plate – continental plate
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Convergent Boundary
ocean plate – ocean plate
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Convergent Boundary
Continental plate – continental plate
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Himalayan Mountains
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Divergent Boundary
Common at Mid-Ocean Ridges (M-O-R)
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East African Rift Valley –
Red Sea
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Transform Boundary
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What makes the plates move?
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Plates move like they are groceries on a conveyor belt
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What Drives It: Convection
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Examples of convection
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Examples of convection
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Plate Tectonics
• Features on Earth’s surface are a result of interactions of plates at their boundaries• Earthquakes
• Faulted and folded mountains
• Volcanic landforms
• Rocks
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o Noo Plates are destroyed as fast as
they are created (2 ways)o Plates may be subducted and
melted or may push be pushed upward to form mountains
So is the Earth getting bigger?