Transcript ch11_Lecture

Chapter 11
The Dynamic
Planet
Robert W. Christopherson
Charlie Thomsen
The Dynamic Planet
The Pace of Change
Earth’s Structure and Internal Energy
The Geologic Cycle
Plate Tectonics
The Pace of Change
Geologic time scale
Uniformitarianism
Geologic
Time Scale
Figure 11.1
Earth’s Structure and Internal
Energy
Earth’s Core
Earth’s Mantle
Earth’s Lithosphere and Crust
Earth in
Cross Section
Figure 11.2
Earth’s Interior
Figure 11.2
Earth’s Interior
Figure 11.2
Earth’s Interior
Figure 11.2
Core to Crust
Figure 11.3
Isostatic
Adjustment
Figure 11.4
The Geologic Cycle
Rock Cycle
Minerals and Rocks
Igneous Processes
Sedimentary Processes
Metamorphic Processes
The Geologic
Cycle
Figure 11.5
The Geologic Cycle
Figure 11.5
The Rock
Cycle
Figure 11.6
Igneous Rock
Types
Figure 11.7
Sedimentary
Rock Types
Figure 11.9
Plate Tectonics
A Brief History
Sea-Floor Spreading and Production of New
Crust
Subduction of the Crust
The Formation and Breakup of Pangaea
Plate Boundaries
Earthquake and Volcanic Activity
Hot Spots
Crustal
Movements
Figure 11.13
Magnetic Reversals
Figure 11.14
Relative Age of the Oceanic Crust
Figure 11.15
Continents Adrift
Figure 11.16
Earth’s Major Plates
Figure 11.17
Ocean Floor
Figure 11.18
Transform
Faults
Figure 11.19
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Figure 11.20
Hot Spot Tracks
Figure 11.21
End of Chapter 11
Geosystems 7e
An Introduction to Physical Geography
Robert W. Christopherson
Charlie Thomsen