'Fault line' presentation slideshows

Ground Deformation: Faulting and Folding Earthquakes and Mountain- Building

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EARTHQUAKE

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Restless Earth

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Introducing Volcanoes

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The Tennessee Impact Craters: Changing Views on Wells Creek

The Tennessee Impact Craters: Changing Views on Wells Creek. Jana Ruth Ford Keith Milam William Deane Wayne Orchiston. Centre for Astronomy, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. 2. Terrestrial Meteorite Impact Structures: Astronomical and Geological Evidence.

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Aim --> 2. Sequence of Events

Aim --> 2. Sequence of Events. Uniformitarianism - processes that occur today have always occurred. "The present is the key to the past." Examples include weathering, erosion, earthquakes etc. Law of Superposition - oldest rocks are on bottom . .

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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Key Ideas. Where do most earthquakes occur? How do scientists learn about earthquakes? What is a volcano?. What are Earthquakes?. Most earthquakes occur at boundaries of tectonic plates. What are Earthquakes?. As plates move, their edges experience stress.

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Major Geological Events

Major Geological Events. Caused by Plate Tectonics. Types of Boundaries. Divergent ? ? Plates move apart Convergent ?? Plates come together Transform Plates slide horizontally past each other. Divergent Structures. New crust is formed as plates pull apart

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Objectives

Objectives. Classify mountains according to how they are formed. Describe the Himalaya Mountains. Explore the relationship between plate tectonics and mountain formation. . The Himalayas. The Himalayas are the tallest mountains in the world.

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes. Stress Faults they cause Seismic Waves Hazards of an Earthquake. Types of Stress. Tension Pulls crust apart Compression Squeezes rock until it folds or breaks Shearing Pushes a mass of rock in two opposite, horizontal direction. Fault.

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Faults

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Plate Tectonics Overview

Plate Tectonics Overview. What are plates?. Rigid, moving sections of the lithosphere (land) that float on the A sthenosphere. Major tectonic process. There are three main tectonic process Folding Faulting V ulcanism. Folding.

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Geology of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range

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6 th International Mine Geology Conference

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Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift? Answer IS ...(click here)

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SPOTC 2010

SPOTC 2010. General Penalties. SPOTC 2010. General thoughts Different steel and facades for each day Rope off routes Use shooting boxes Use fault lines (per rule book) Holster before movement (handgun) Clear before movement (rifle). General Penalties. General Penalties.

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The Fault Line

The Fault Line. Emma Gargus. The Fault Line= metaphorical line separating the Palestinian Arabs and the Israeli Jews Describes the ethnic and religious tensions growing between the Palestinians and the Jews living and working together in Israel

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What should we do

What should we do. Team J. How should we prepare for an earthquake in Missouri. The New Madrid fault line in Southern Missouri is long overdue for a major earthquake so we should be prepared Some ways Missourians should be prepared Store breakable items in low closed cabinets

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