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Ch 10 Plate Tectonics
A Moonenland ProductionA subsidiary of Moonco. Inc
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Continental DriftAlfred Wegener (1912)
• German Meteorologist
• Continents moved slowly to their current locations.
• Pangaea- the single landmass of Earth that broke apart
about 200mya . “All Land”
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Evidence Puzzle-like Fit
• Coastlines of continents fit together like puzzle pieces.
• Examples: S.America &
Africa
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Fossil Clues• Certain fossils of ancient animals &
plants are found on distant landmasses.
Freshwater/land-dwelling reptile Mesosaurus fossils have been found on South America & Africa.
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Fossils of the ancient plant Glossopteris were found in Africa, South America, Australia, India, & Antarctica.
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Climate Clues-Fossils of warm climate plants were found in
present-day cold climates. (Coal)
-Rocks deposited by glaciers from the ice ages have been found in present-day warm climates.
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Rock Clues• Similar rock structures are found on different continents separated by oceans.
-Appalachian mountains of the USA are similar to mountains found in Greenland & western Europe
-Rocks of South America match those in Africa
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Main objection to Wegener’s hypothesis was its inability to provide a mechanism for the movement of the continents.
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Seafloor SpreadingSeafloor Spreading Hypothesis
Radio waves were used to map the ocean floor.
Mid-ocean Ridges- underwater mtn ranges
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• Less dense magma flows sideways dragging the seafloor along.
• As the seafloor spread apart, magma flows up through cracks in at the ridge forming new rock.
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Rift Valley Midocean Ridge
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Evidence• Drilling
– Ocean floor rock samples show that the age of the rock gets older the further the rock is from the mid-ocean ridge
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Magnetism
– Changes in the magnetic alignment of the Earth are found in alternating bands in the seafloor rock.
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Theory of Plate Tectonics Theory
Combined theory of Continental Drift & Seafloor Spreading.
Earth’s crust & upper mantle (lithosphere) are broken into plates and move around on a plastic-like layer of the mantle (asthenosphere.)
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Seven major plates:Pacific (largest) N. American
S. American African
Eurasian Australian
Antarctic
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Plate Boundaries• Divergent Boundaries
– Two plates spread apart.
– Where seafloor spreading occurs.
– New crust is formed.
Ex: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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• Convergent Boundaries
–Two plates come together (collide)
–Oceanic plate will sink under a continental plate (subduction) producing a deep trench. Ex: Andes & Cascades
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– Two oceanic plates will converge resulting in a volcanic island arc.
Ex: Mariana Islands
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– Two continental plates will converge & crumple forming folded mountains.
Ex: Himalayas, Appalachians, & Alps
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• Transform Fault Boundary
– Two plates slide past each other.
– Move at different rates.
– Also known as strike-slip faults.
Ex: San Andreas Fault
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Causes (Hypothesis)
• Convection Currents
– Hot magma rises in the mantle.
– Magma hits the crust & cools.
– Cooling magma sinks dragging the lithospheric plate with it (centimeters.)
– Magma sinks into the mantle & reheats.
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Features Formed by Tectonics
• Faults
– Cracks in the tectonic plates caused by stress.
– Plate boundaries are also faults.
– Movement along faults cause earthquakes.
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• Volcanoes
• Magma produced by friction during subduction oozes up through the crust, erupts, & forms volcanoes.
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Mountains
• Convergent & Divergent boundaries form mountains.
• Process of mountain building is called orogenesis.
-Volcanic Mountains
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• Folded Mountains
oHorizontal rock layers are squeezed from opposite sides, causing them to buckle & fold. EX: Himalayans & Appalachians
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Fault-block Mountains: Huge, tilted Fault-block Mountains: Huge, tilted blocks of rock that are separated by blocks of rock that are separated by faults.faults. EX: Sierra NevadaEX: Sierra Nevada
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• Upwarped Mountains- blocks of Earth’s crust are pushed up by forces inside the Earth. (Domes) EX: Rocky Mountains