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Plate TectonicsPlate Tectonics
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Earth’s InteriorEarth’s Interior
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Alfred Wegener (1880-1930)
Alfred Wegener (1880-1930)
German astronomer/meteorologist
Worked in Greenland on polar air circulation
Died on expedition in 1930Proposed Continental Drift in
1912
German astronomer/meteorologist
Worked in Greenland on polar air circulation
Died on expedition in 1930Proposed Continental Drift in
1912
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Theory of Continental Drift
Theory of Continental Drift
-Earth’s continents had once been joined as a single landmass
-Earth’s continents had once been joined as a single landmass
• Pangaea “all lands”- Ancient landmass made up of all continents forming a supercontinent.
- Began to break apart about 200 million years ago (mya)
• Continental Drift
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Pangaea Ultima?Pangaea Ultima?
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Evidence from Rock Formations
Evidence from Rock Formations
Rock formations (ex. mountain ranges) fractured as the continents separated.
Same rocks are found in the Appalachians and also in Greenland and Europe.
Rock formations (ex. mountain ranges) fractured as the continents separated.
Same rocks are found in the Appalachians and also in Greenland and Europe.
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Evidence from FossilsEvidence from Fossils
Wegener found similar fossils of different land animals and plants on separated continents.
Wegener found similar fossils of different land animals and plants on separated continents.
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Ancient Climatic Evidence
Ancient Climatic Evidence
Sedimentary Rock CoalSedimentary Rock Coal• Coal forms from dead swamp plants.
• Coal was found in Antarctica, therefore Antarctica must have been closer to the equator at one time.
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Ancient Climatic Evidence Cont.
Ancient Climatic Evidence Cont.
Glacial DepositsGlacial Deposits-290 mya glacial deposits found in Africa, India, Australia, and South America.
-These continents were once located on the South Pole.
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Continental Drift was rejected.
Continental Drift was rejected.
People rejected the hypothesis because:
1- they believed continents and ocean basins were permanent, fixed features of Earth’s surface
2- Wegener could not explain what forces could cause a continent to move without shattering
People rejected the hypothesis because:
1- they believed continents and ocean basins were permanent, fixed features of Earth’s surface
2- Wegener could not explain what forces could cause a continent to move without shattering
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Sea-Floor Spreading
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Isochron MapIsochron Map a line map that connects points of the same age. Check this out on Google EARTH. a line map that connects points of the same age. Check this out on Google EARTH.
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Theory of Plate Tectonics Evidence
Theory of Plate Tectonics Evidence
1. Rock Age • Young Rocks –near ocean ridges.• Older Rocks –near deep-sea trenches • Ridges –the age of the oceanic crust
increases with distance from a ridge.
• Seafloor Age – oldest part = 180 million years old. Oldest Continental crust = 3.8 billion years old.
1. Rock Age • Young Rocks –near ocean ridges.• Older Rocks –near deep-sea trenches • Ridges –the age of the oceanic crust
increases with distance from a ridge.
• Seafloor Age – oldest part = 180 million years old. Oldest Continental crust = 3.8 billion years old.
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Earth’s Magnetic FieldEarth’s Magnetic FieldOur magnetic field is called the magnetosphere. It stretches out through the atmosphere and acts as a protective barrier to deadly, high-energy solar radiation.
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Movement of the liquid outer core of the Earth generates a strong magnetic field that surrounds the planet. This causes the Earth to act much like a large magnet, with the poles of the magnet located near the poles of the Earth.
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Theory of Plate Tectonics Evidence.
Theory of Plate Tectonics Evidence.
1960s Technology:1960s Technology:• Magnetometer –makes a map from detecting small changes in magnetic fields.
•Geologists mapped volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries.
• Sonar – used to map out the seafloor
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Theory of Plate Tectonics Evidence
Theory of Plate Tectonics Evidence
2. Paleomagnetism is the past formation of rocks containing iron-bearing minerals which provide a record of earth’s magnetic field.
Basaltic rocks are found in the ocean crust and are rich in iron and when they cool the iron-bearing minerals orient parallel to Earth’s magnetic field.
Lava
2. Paleomagnetism is the past formation of rocks containing iron-bearing minerals which provide a record of earth’s magnetic field.
Basaltic rocks are found in the ocean crust and are rich in iron and when they cool the iron-bearing minerals orient parallel to Earth’s magnetic field.
Lava
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Magnetism & Paleomagnetism support sea-floor spreading and Theory of Plate Tectonics.
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Geomagnetic Time Scale
Geomagnetic Time Scale
Magnetic Reversal
Normal Polarity
Reversed Polarity
Magnetic Reversal
Normal Polarity
Reversed Polarity
a change in Earth’s magnetic field.
a magnetic field that has the same orientation as Earth’s present field
a magnetic field that is opposite to the present field
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Major plates of the world.
Major plates of the world.
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Mid-ocean Ridge – crust is formed.
Mid-ocean Ridge – crust is formed.
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Subduction Zone – crust is destroyed.Subduction Zone – crust is destroyed.
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Slab-pull and Convection Currents cause plate
motion.
Slab-pull and Convection Currents cause plate
motion.
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Plate BoundariesPlate Boundaries
Plate BoundariesThree Major Types
Plate BoundariesThree Major Types
1. Convergent
- places where tectonic plates interact with one another.
•plates come together.
2. Divergent
3. Transform
•plates move away from one another.
•plates move horizontally past one another
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Divergent Boundary
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Divergent - Iceland RiftDivergent - Iceland Rift
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Convergent Oceanic- Continental Boundary
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Oceanic-Continental Cascade Range
Oceanic-Continental Cascade Range
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Convergent Oceanic-oceanic Boundary
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Convergent Continent-Continent Boundary
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Continental-Continental Himalayas
Continental-Continental Himalayas
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Transform Boundary
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Transform – San Andreas Fault
Transform – San Andreas Fault
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