'Continental margins' presentation slideshows

Chapter 9

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Fnft: The major plates of the earth's crusts

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Earth Science, 6e

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Showing in Order in Diversity

Showing in Order in Diversity. Art into the Abyss Lecture II R.S. Carney. >250 mm. Bentho -pelagic. Challenging the Traditional View:. A Vast Mud Bottom Subsisting on a Meager Detrital Rain. Macro & Meio Benthos. Mega Benthos. Gulf of Mexico Drift Camera, I.R. MacDonald.

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Ocean Basins

Ocean Basins. Structure of the Oceans From Continental Shelf to Abyssal Depths. Measuring Depth. 85 BC Posidonius ~2km Hemp line and greased lead weight tension Fathoms (6 feet) Piano wire and cannonball w/ winch By 1895 only 7000 measurements to 2000m and 550 to >9000m

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Ocean Basins

Ocean Basins. When early exploration of the oceans began, most scientists believed that the ocean floor was completely flat and featureless (not to mention lifeless!) Furthermore, scientists believed that the deepest parts of the oceans were located in their center

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Geology 12

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Announcements

Announcements. Reminder, this Saturday field trip . Meeting place/time: GS loading dock at 7:45 am. Bring hiking gear, lunches, water.

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Chapter 14: Sediments

Chapter 14: Sediments. Oceanography 2014. Vocabulary. Stratigraphy Terrigenous Sediments ( Lithogenous ) Biogenous Sediments Calcareous Ooze Siliceous Ooze Hydrogenous Sediments Evaporites Cosmogenous Sediments Diatomaceous Earth Grain Size Mud Well Sorted Sediment. Root Words.

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Who Cares?

Who Cares?. Japan earthquake ? landslide ? tsunami New Orleans hurricane ? wind ? storm surge Oil & Gas Minerals (metals, fertilizer) Sand and Gravel for concrete Fate of contaminated sediments Harbor siltation Beach erosion Sea-level rise

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The Sea Floor

The Sea Floor. Continental vs. oceanic crust. What is Continental Drift?. The idea that the plates are floating and moving around on a liquid mantle. Evidence of Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. 1. Discovery of Mid-Ocean ridges. 2. The fact that the earth fits together like a puzzle.

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Chapter 14

Chapter 14. The Ocean Floor. Section 14.2. Ocean Floor Features. Ocean Floor Features. Mapping the ocean Floor The ocean floor regions are the continental margins, the ocean basin floor and the mid-ocean ridge. . Ocean Floor Features. Continental Margins

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Ocean Water

Ocean Water. Chapter 21. Ocean Water Properties. Physical properties: temperature, density, color Chemical properties: determine its composition and allow it to dissolve other substances. Composition of Sea Water. Water (duh): 96.5% pure water in oceans

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Echo Sounding

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Earth Science 14.3 Seafloor Sediments

Earth Science 14.3 Seafloor Sediments. Seafloor Sediments. Except for steep areas of the continental slope and the crest of the mid-ocean ridge, most of the sea floor is covered with sediment . Some of this sediment has been deposited by turbidity currents .

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Sediments ...

Sediments ... are unconsolidated particulate materials that either precipitate from or are depo-sited by a fluid (e.g., water, wind); provide information about the past depositional environments and climatic and tectonic conditions;

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Chapter 11 Worksheets

Chapter 11 Worksheets. Complete the worksheets. Section 11.1. Complete the graphic organizer that shows the cycle by which mountains are eroded and created. 3. Mountains begin to erode 4. Sediments carried by rivers to ocean 5. Sediments accumulate in ocean

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Ocean Basins Chapter 11.1

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PROMESS 1 Access to Large Infrastructures. Promess 1 P ROfiles across Mediterranean Sedimentary Systems. Part 1. Objectives

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KNOW THE FEATURES OF CONTINENTAL MARGINS

KNOW THE FEATURES OF CONTINENTAL MARGINS.

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