GEOS 212 1st Edition Lecture 6Outline of Last Lecture - Review of volcanoes ~1500 could erupt (dormant), ~20 erupting today - Shield volcanoes versus stratovolcanoes, hazards, prediction, setting - Transform fault = 3rd type of plate boundary - Atlantic example - Pacific example - San Andreas fault = transform fault = North America-Pacific plate boundary - Animations of earthquake process = stick, build up stress, then slip - Earthquakes along San Andreas fault - Sizes (magnitudes) or earthquakes - Views of San Andreas fault - Earthquake history along San Andreas fault - Global Earthquakes - Sumatra & Japan earthquake & tsunami - Animations of Sumatra earthquake & tsunami - Global map of earthquakes, with pattern of size and depths - Perspectives on big earthquakesOutline of Current Lecture- Global pattern of earthquakes (last 20 years) - Plate tectonics helps understand modern world - Plate Tectonics also helps reconstruct history of ocean basins - Animations of ocean basin history www.scotese.com - Intro to Sediment Cycle - Step 1 = Making Mountains (four ways) - Step 2 = Breaking rocks apart (Physical and Chemical Weathering)Current Lecture: OCEAN HISTORY AND Mts.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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