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• 1 Planet Earth•
• MAIN IDEA • The major geologic features of Earth's surface are (1) the surface fluids (air and water), (2) the
continents, and (3) the ocean basins. The characteristics of these features indicate that Earth is undergoing constant change. Earth is unique in the Solar System.
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• SUPPORTING IDEAS• 1. A comparison of Earth with other terrestrial planets provides an insight into the
distinguishing characteristics of our planet and what makes it unique.•
• 2. Earth's atmosphere is a thin shell surrounding the planet and is in constant motion. It is unique in the Solar System in that it is composed of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen.
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• 3. The hydrosphere is another feature that makes Earth unique. It moves from the ocean to the atmosphere and over the surface in a great cycle.
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• 4. The biosphere exists because of water. Although it is relatively small compared with other major layers of Earth, the biosphere has been a major geologic force operating at the surface.
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• 5. Continents and ocean basins are the principal surface features of Earth.•
• 6. The continents consist of three major components: (a) shields, (b) stable platforms, and (c) belts of folded mountains. All these components show the mobility of the crust.
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• 7. The ocean floor contains several major structural and topographic divisions: (a) the oceanic ridge (b) the abyssal floor, (c) seamounts, (d) trenches, and (e) continental margins.
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• 8. Earth is a differentiated planet, with its materials segregated and concentrated into layers according to density. The internal layers based on composition are (a) crust, (b) mantle, and (c) core. The major internal layers based on physical properties are (a)lithosphere, (b) asthenosphere, (c) mesosphere, (d) outer core, and (e) inner core. Material within these units is in motion, making Earth a changing, dynamic planet.
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Earth’s Outermost Layers
• The most dynamic portion of the Earth– Atmosphere
• Thin gaseous envelope surrounding Earth
– Hydrosphere
• Water layer dominated by the oceans
– Biosphere
• All living things on the planet
– Lithosphere
• Rocky outer shell
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The Atmosphere
• Insignificant fraction of Earth’s total mass (<0.01%)
–Moves easily, interacts with oceans and landmasses
• Circulation patterns are evident from space
• Solar heat drives this circulation
• Evaporation and precipitation of water play a role in circulation
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Hurricane Felix - 2007
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The Atmosphere
• Composition is unique in our solar system
–78% nitrogen
–21% oxygen (not present in early atmosphere)
–Minor amounts of carbon dioxide, argon and water vapor
• Formation of limestone in the ocean has trapped large amount of CO2
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The Hydrosphere
• Total mass of water on or near the Earth’s surface–Covers 71% of Earth’s surface
–~98% in oceans
–2% in glaciers, groundwater, lakes and streams (fresh water)
– The presence of water moderates climates and shapes the Earth’s surface
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Earth
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Antarcticathe cyrosphere
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Infrared satellite image of
the Gulf Stream
Iceberg
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The Biosphere
• All life on Earth
–Animals & plants on land, in the sea and air
–Microorganisms, the most common form of life
– Forms a narrow zone near the Earth’s surface
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Higher Plants
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Figures from Brock; Biology of Microorganisms, 11th ed., Madigan and Martinko
Microorganisms
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Animals
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Marine Reptiles
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Ammonoids - Parapuzosia
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The Biosphere
• The diversity of life
–1.6 million known species
• insects account for over one-half
• mammals only ~4000 species (0.025%)
–30 million or more may exist
– Local environment controls distribution
• Temperature, pressure & chemistry
• Wide range of environmental conditions
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The Biosphere
• The biosphere as a geologic force– Current atmosphere produced by biosphere (Oxygen)
– Ocean composition influenced by biosphere -precipitation of calcium carbonate
– Fossils fuels
– Fossils record past Earth environments
• Current living species account for only 10% of known species throughout geologic history
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Earth’s Internal Structure
• The solid Earth has a layered structure
– Layers defined by composition and physical properties
–Compositional layers
• crust - mantle - core
–Physical layers
• lithosphere - asthenosphere - mesosphere -outer core - inner core
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Compositional Layers
• Crust
–Outermost compositional layer
–Definite change in composition at the base of the crust
–Crust may be divided into 2 types
• Continental crust
• Oceanic crust
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Compositional Layers
• Crust
–Continental crust
• Thicker than oceanic crust - up to 75 km
• Less dense - 2.7 g/cm3
• Strongly deformed
• Much older - may be billions of years old
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Compositional Layers
• Crust
–Oceanic crust
• Thinner than continental crust - about 8 km
• More dense - 3.0 g/cm3
• Comparatively undeformed
• Much younger - < 200 million years old
• Composed of basalt
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Crustal Properties
Crust Density Composition Thickness Age
continental ~2.8 g/cm3 FelsicThick:
20-70 km
Old:up to
4 Byrs
oceanic ~3.2 g/cm3 MaficThin:
2-10 km
Young:
<200 Mys
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Compositional Layers
• Mantle
– Largest layer in the Earth
• 2900 km thick
• 82% by volume
• 68% by mass
–Composed of silicate rocks with abundant iron and magnesium: Mafic
• Density ranges from 3.2 to 5 g/cm3
• Fragments found in some volcanic rocks
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Compositional Layers
• Core
–Central mass about 7000km in diameter
–Average density of 10.8 g/cm3
–16% by volume, 32% of mass
– Indirect evidence of composition
• Metallic iron
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Majors Features of the Continents
• Shields
– Large, flat areas of highly deformed crystalline rock - most more than 1 billion years old
– Basement complex
• Stable platforms (cratons)
– Areas where the basement complex is covered by layered sedimentary rocks
• Folded Mountain Belts
– Young, linear regions of deformed rocks
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Western North
American
Mobile Belt
North American
Craton
Shield
Eastern North
American
Mobile Belt
Platform
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Major Features of the Oceans
• Oceanic Ridge
– 70,000 km long continuous feature
– Broad ridge, highly fractured with a central rift valley
– Fractures, perpendicular to the ridge, are common
• Trenches
– Lowest areas on Earth
– Adjacent to chains of volcanoes
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Major Features of the Oceans
• Abyssal Floor
– Abyssal hills - small hills up to 900 m high
• Cover 80+% of ocean floor
• Most common landform on Earth
– Abyssal plains - smooth area adjacent to continents
• Sediment covered abyssal hills
• Seamounts
– Isolated peaks of submarine volcanoes
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Major Features of the Oceans
• Continental Margins
– Continental shelf - submerged portions of continents
• Part of the continent, not the ocean basin
• Arial extent has varied throughout geologic history
–11% of continents are submerged today
– Continental slope
• Long slope from continents to ocean basin
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Ocean Basins
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RotatingGlobeLQ.mov
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/2minrelief.html
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Heat driven
convection
1. Bottom water is warmed
2. It expands an is therefore less
dense
3. It rises to the surface and then
spreads out
4. Cooler water at the sides
descends to fill the void
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A convective thunderstorm
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Plate Tectonics
Basic idea of plate tectonics -
Earth’s surface is composed of
a few large, thick plates that
move slowly and change in
size
Intense geologic activity is
concentrated at plate boundaries, where plates move
away, toward, or past each other
Combination of continental drift and seafloor spreading
hypotheses in late 1960s
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The ‘Ring of Fire’
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Juan de
Fuca plate
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Intraplate volcanism
Rising mantle plumes can
produce localized hotspots
and volcanoes when they
produce magmas that rise
through oceanic or
continental crust. Hawaii
is an example
Composition?
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Hurricanes
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SLXYRJnYm0
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Hurricane Felix - 2007
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What do you need for hurricane formation?SST > 26.5 C; Coriolis force; weak wind shear
Where and when do these conditions exist in the Atlantic?
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Surface Water Temperature (SST)
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High
Low
Note where rising and sinking motion occurs.
warm
Hurricanes are “Warm-Core Lows”
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Energy Conversion!
• Hurricanes (a.k.a. Typhoons, Tropical cyclones) are giant machines for converting latent heat to kinetic energy!
• Consider rain rate of 5 cm/day over an area of 500 km radius (typical for tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane)
• Over a 7 day lifecycle, the energy released is equal to 50,000 1 MT nuclear explosions!
• This is equivalent to the total explosive yield of the nuclear arsenals of the US and USSR at the height of the Cold War!
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“Storm Surge”
causes some of the worst damage
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Folly Beach, South Carolina (Before Hugo)
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Folly Beach, South Carolina (After Hugo)
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