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| Title: | Classroom notes: Plate tectonics |
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Document-10981
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Rothfuss, Heidi (User-4977, hrothfuss)
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| Create Date: | Friday, September 28, 2001 08:16:32 AM EDT |
| Modified Date: | Friday, September 28, 2001 08:16:32 AM EDT |
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| Abstract: | - PLATE TECTONICS NOTES Plate tectonics- motion and formation of crustal plates Lithosphere- the stiff upper layer of the Earths crust, rock like Continental plate less dense, thicker, usually made of granite Oceanic plate more dense, thinner, usually made of basalt SEE ESRT CHART LIST SOME OCEANIC PLATES, LIST SOME CONTINENTAL PLATES Asthenosphere- the plastic, gel like layer, partially molten due to Fe, Si and S (lowers the melting point SEE ESRT CHART Show convection currents heat rises and ... PLATE MOTION Continental Drift the movement of continents on top of the asthenosphere Wegner historical aspect (50yrs of researching) Mesosaurus (small reptile fossils on both SA and Af) Rock profiles matching unique layers and ...
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| Content Type: | application/msword |
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| File name: | NOTES ON PLATE TECTONICS.doc |
| Hlth,PE & Home Ec: | None |
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| Max Versions: | 4 |
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| Size: | 30208 |
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PLATE TECTONICS
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