includes geology oceanography, meterogology, and astronomy * What are the sub-disciplines of earth science (geology, meteorology, oceanography, and astronomy)? Know the definition of each of these. Geology- a word that literally means “study of Earth” It is traditionally divided into two broad areas- physical and historical. Physical geology examines the merials comprising Earth and seeks to understand the many processes that operate beneath and upone its surface. Historical geology is to understand
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Nathan Birecki GLG103 Peters April 19. 2015 Hometown Geology: Geologic History Papago Park Papago Park Pediment if an interesting part of Arizona from a geologic standpoint. Metarhyolite is the oldest rock that is exposed on the surface at Papago Park and it is from the Precambrian era. The Metarhyolite was produced from a low-grade metamorphism implying that Papago Park once had some volcanic activity. The Metarhyolite is composed of Rhyolite, Pumice, and Greenstone. Two different forms of
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Individual Week 1 Review Questions GLG/220 10/02/2013 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions Chapter 1 3. How do you think the principle of uniformitarianism accounts for occasional catastrophic events such as meteorite impacts, huge volcanic eruptions, or great earthquakes? The principle of uniformitarianism states the processes occurring on Earth today are very similar in manner as those throughout much of geologic times. In other words “the present is the key to the past.”(Murck
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Catastrophism is the theory that the Earth has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope.[1] The dominant paradigm of modern geology is uniformitarianism (sometimes described as gradualism), in which slow incremental changes, such as erosion, create the Earth's appearance. This view holds that the present is the key to the past, and that all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world. Recently a more inclusive and integrated view
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Geotechnical Engineering Name: Hayden Gridley Student ID Number: 7697449 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SITE INVESTIGATION i. Site Inspection ii. Geology 3. SITE PREPARATION 4. FOUNDATIONS 5. OVERALL ASSOCIATED COSTS 6. CONCLUSION 7. REFERENCES INTRODUCTION In consideration of Doncaster rapid expansion in terms of both residential population and commercial growth, the Victorian Government has appointed Swinburne’s design team, ‘The Delinquents’,
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the idea and asked for the evidence of there being a land bridge. The rock types on each continent fit like pictures on a jigsaw. The continents were once joined together. He claimed continents moved slowly. However one of the key principles of geology was to ‘use the present to interpret the past’ and therefore because it was said that the continents were not moving in the present that they had not previously moved at all. They also questioned what force would be able to move the continent
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Generally, earthquakes are sudden vibrations that happen on the earth’s crust which are caused by a number of factors. The movement of earths plate is what constitutes an earthquake and leads to various effects to the part of the earth it is experienced. The magnitude or the measure of the effects that an earthquake can cause is measured by a scale called Richter scale. To start with, the first cause of earthquakes is the release of undue pressure that builds in the underground rocks of the earth
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A “landslide” is the mass movement of slope forming materials downslope and/or outward along the surface of separation by falling and/or flowing at a fast or slow rate, but under the influence of gravity. Slope forming materials include rocks, soils, artificial fills (disposal), or a combination of all these materials. Landslides can be sub-aerial and subaqueous, and different phenomena cause landslides, including intense or prolonged rainfall, earthquakes, rapid snow melting, volcanic activity,
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McKenzie Mikesell Geology 102 Geological Time 17.1 A) The oldest rocks are at the bottom of the bunch. (Dirty Laundry effect). B) It would be the same because they build up over time and the layers at the bottom are older. 17.2 A) The incline beds in figure 17.2 are younger. B) Because the beds on top are older than the beds on the bottom and have not flipped over. C) Younger D) Younger E) Younger, You cannot deform a structure that is not there yet. F) Lava flow has smaller
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University of Phoenix Material Earth and Earth Materials I Worksheet From Visualizing Earth Science, by Merali, Z., and Skinner, B. J, 2009, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Copyright 2009 by Wiley. Adapted with permission. Part 1 Complete the WileyPLUS® GeoDiscoveries Earth Drag and Drop from Chapter 1. Label and describe each letter in the space below. [pic] |Ocean
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