'Transform faults' presentation slideshows

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Lecture 5. Rifting, Continental break-up, Transform faults

Lecture 5. Rifting, Continental break-up, Transform faults. How to break continent? Continental transform faults Dead Sea transform Dead Sea pull-apart basin. Continental break-up. Continental break-up. Continental break-up. Continental break-up. Continental break-up.

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Transform tectonics

Transform tectonics. Part I- Modern systems GEOS 425/525. Outline. Modern and young systems (TODAY) Ancient systems (THURSDAY) Strike slip faults vs transforms Mechanics and tectonics Determining slip. transform boundaries (continental) and strike-slip tectonics.

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Transform tectonics

Transform tectonics. 525 /2014 GEOS 425/ 525 45 slides -70 mins. Outline. Modern and young systems (TODAY) Ancient systems (next) Strike slip faults vs transforms Mechanics and tectonics Determining slip. transform boundaries (continental) and strike-slip tectonics.

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Ocean Basins

Ocean Basins. The Sea Floor.

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics. Understanding Plate Tectonics. Scientists now have a fairly good understanding of how the plates move and how such movements relate to earthquake, volcanic activity.

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The Shifting Crust Chapter 3

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CHAPTER 3 Marine Provinces

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Plate Tectonics

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Reading the Rock Record

Reading the Rock Record. Rock Layers. Sediments and lava flows form distinct layers as they are deposited A sedimentary layer that can be distinguished from the layer above and below is called a stratum (pl. strata). http://www.joshushund.com/terragen_01-06/wall_of_strata.jpg.

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Earthquakes and Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading

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Fundamentals of Oceanography

Fundamentals of Oceanography. By: Alison Duxbury Alyn Duxbury Keith Sverdrup. Chapter 3. Plate Tectonics. Overview. The Interior of the Earth The Lithosphere and Asthenosphere History of a Theory Evidence of a New Theory Evidence of Crustal Motion Plate Tectonics

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ERSC 1P92 Assignment 2. Locating plate boundaries on Trafalmador.

ERSC 1P92 Assignment 2. Locating plate boundaries on Trafalmador. The aim of this assignment is to identify plate boundaries and the location of various geological features on the basis of the spatial distribution of earthquakes.

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Review of the structure of the Earth (intro to geophysical lingo)

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Marine Provinces

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