Geosphere 3 rd Period. Geosphere Compositional Layers Crust-thin outer layer; makes up less than 1% of earth’s mass Mantle-middle layer; composes.
Seismic Waves Wave motion is perhaps most familiar to us from our observations of waves on water When a stone is thrown into a pool of water, the surface.
Section Review 12-1 Page #300: 1-10. #1 Describe elastic rebound. The sudden return of deformed rock back.
Ripple Tank Summary. Why Ripple Tanks : Real waves (sound, light, radiation) are difficult to observe Real waves (sound, light, radiation) are difficult.
‘Shaking Earth’
QUIZ 10/21
Folds, Faults & Earthquakes Rocks under stress can either bend or break both are referred to as deformation Any stress can deform rocks
Earthquake waves are known as seismic waves. There are two main types of seismic waves, which are then broken into subtypes.seismic waves Body Waves:
Sandstone, Northern Colorado. The review questions are now posted. Also, I posted a condensed set of slides for Geologic Time. You will need to know.
EARTHQUAKES Amy O’Brien 1. Why do we have earthquakes? Fluid rock moving inside the earth The outer layer (called the lithosphere) is solid. The second.
Earthquakes. Epicenter Focus Fault Fault Scarp The focus is the point where the earthquake starts UNDER the surface of the earth. The epicenter is the.
Chapter 3: Earthquakes Damaged farm structures in the Edgecumbe, New Zealand earthquake, 1987.
