Physical Geology: Earth RevealedCoverage of plate tectonics is moved to the beginning of the book. The text is also used as the official Annenberg CPB distributed telecourse for physical geology.The beautiful new art program and interactive writing style will grab students' attention and further their interest in the subject. |
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... kilometers on land , they drill in the sed- imentary basins . The igneous and metamorphic basement , which averages 40 kilometers thick and makes up most of the continental crust , has rarely been sampled deeper than 2 or 3 kilometers ...
... kilometers on land , they drill in the sed- imentary basins . The igneous and metamorphic basement , which averages 40 kilometers thick and makes up most of the continental crust , has rarely been sampled deeper than 2 or 3 kilometers ...
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... kilometers long , while the same distance vertically represents only 5 kilometers , so the drawings have a vertical exaggeration of 10 times . NEW GUINEA WRANGEL ISLAND MOUNTS PLATEALS NEW ZEAL MURRAY FRACTURE. Passive continental margin ...
... kilometers long , while the same distance vertically represents only 5 kilometers , so the drawings have a vertical exaggeration of 10 times . NEW GUINEA WRANGEL ISLAND MOUNTS PLATEALS NEW ZEAL MURRAY FRACTURE. Passive continental margin ...
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... kilometers . High - velocity rock extends to this depth below most continents , implying that continents have very deep roots . Some areas that appear hot at 100 kilometers are cold at 300 kilometers , such as the ridge crest just south ...
... kilometers . High - velocity rock extends to this depth below most continents , implying that continents have very deep roots . Some areas that appear hot at 100 kilometers are cold at 300 kilometers , such as the ridge crest just south ...
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abyssal plains andesite asthenosphere atoms basalt basin beds beneath Benioff zone California Canyon caused chapter chemical weathering composition continental crust continental rise continental slope continents convection converging boundary cooling core craton crystal deep deposited depth dikes diverging boundary drilling earth's crust earth's surface earthquakes erosion eruptions feldspar folds fossils fracture zones gabbro geologists granite gravity heat flow horizontal hot mantle igneous rock isostatic kilometers lava flows lithosphere mafic magma magnetic anomalies mantle rock melting metamorphic rocks meteorites meters mid-oceanic ridge million mountain belt mountain ranges move normal faults occur oceanic crust oceanic trenches Photo plate boundaries plate motion plate tectonics plutonic pressure quake quartz reef regions ridge crest rift valley San Andreas fault sandstone sea floor sea level sediment sedimentary rock seismic waves shale shown in figure silicate soil solidified stress structure subducting plate temperature terrane thick turbidity currents U.S. Geological Survey uplift volcanoes