GEOS 212 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last 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 Outline of Current Lecture Rivers Headwaters flood plains and Delta plus a world tour of flood plains and major deltas Other types of sediment transport besides rivers glaciers and wind Types of sediments at different ocean depths and where they came from sand mud skeletons Sediment transport diagram 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 substitute Current Lecture SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
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