not needed.. basin classification
Plate tectonics
Chapter 17 – Plate Tectonics (aka Putting the Pieces Together!)
Convergent plates
The Earth’s Relief
Deep ocean trenches
High Seas
Geodynamics Course website: zivalon/geodynamics/zivalon/geodynamics/ Grade Reading assignments (user and password)
SYLLABUS INTRO TO OCEANOGRAPHY 226 Prof. A. Frankic.
Plate Tectonics Horizontal Movement of Earth’s Lithosphere Additional Reading: USGS Plate Tectonics (Pdf) – class web site.
Earth Science Section 17.2 – Seafloor Spreading. Objectives Summarize the evidence that led to the discovery of seafloor spreading. Explain the significance.
Mt. Fuji, Japan The Theory of Plate Tectonics Steps in Development 1. Benjamin Franklin (late 1700s) Recognized that crust of Earth was a shell. Surface.
