Ch10 structural geology_fall2007
Structural Geology
Inuksuk - Nunavut, Canada Geneviève Hsueh TELLING TIME GEOLOGICALLY GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE Organizes all of Earth history into blocks of time utilizing.
Geologic Structure. Structural geology Structural geologists study the architecture and processes responsible for deformation of Earth’s crust Rock structures.
Lecture-11 1 Lecture #11- Faults and Faulting. Lecture-11 2 Faults Bound the Major Plates.
Today’s list____________ Ch15: Rock Deformation 1)Mapping geologic structures 2)How rocks get deformed 3) Folds.
Chapter 24 Lecture Conceptual Integrated Science Second Edition © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Earth's Surface—Land and Water.
The Theory of Plate Tectonics. Earth’s Internal Layers The crust varies in thickness (4-60 km) oxygen, silicon, magnesium and iron The mantle (2885 km)
Processes that shape the planet.. Earth’s Internal Layers The crust (oxygen, silicon, magnesium and iron) The mantle (silicon & oxygen) Outer core (iron.
Earthquakes Vibration of the Earth produced by the rapid release of energy. ….. Massive energy! Earthquakes occur along plate boundaries at points called.
structural geology & mountain building
Processes that shape the planet.
