how the earth works. the solid earth earth systems external effects (astronomical) atmospheric...
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How The Earth Works
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The Solid Earth
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Earth Systems
• External Effects (Astronomical)• Atmospheric Circulation• Oceanic Circulation• Hydrologic Cycle • Rock Cycle• Plate Tectonics
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Earth Systems
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Earth Systems
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Earth Systems
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Earth Systems
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Earth Systems
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Earth Systems
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Earth Systems
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Earth Systems
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Convection
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Earth and the Universe
• Rotation (Day-Night)• Lunar (Tides)• Annual (Seasons)• Precession and Orbit Variations (Ice Ages?)• Galactic (250 m.y. period)• Unpredictable Events– Nearby Supernovae– Meteor Impacts
• Long-Term Evolution of Sun
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Atmospheric Circulation• Unequal Solar Heating– Equator to Pole– Day - Night– Different Surfaces
• Buoyancy• Adiabatic Heating and Cooling• Coriolis Effect• High and Low Pressure• Fronts and Air Masses
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Atmospheric Circulation
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Oceanic Circulation
• Surface Currents - Driven by Winds• Thermohaline - Deep Circulation– Evaporation makes water more saline and denser– Freezing makes water more saline and denser– Cold water is denser than warm water
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Surface Currents
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Thermohaline Circulation
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Hydrologic Cycle• Evaporation from Oceans• Precipitation on Land– Infiltration into Ground (Ground Water)– Runoff (Erosion)
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Hydrologic Cycle
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Water• Principal Agent in Modifying Earth’s Surface• Medium for Storing and Distributing Global
Heat• The Universal Solvent– Essential for Life– Destructive to Rocks
• Lowers Melting Point of Rocks• Reduces Strength of Rocks Under Pressure
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The Rock Cycle• New Rocks Exposed by Erosion• Rocks Broken Down Mechanically and Chemically
(Weathering)• Components Transported by Erosion• Components Cemented into Sedimentary Rocks• Burial and Heating creates Metamorphic Rocks• Melting Creates Igneous Rocks
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The Rock Cycle
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Plate Tectonics• Outer Crust of Earth Moves a Few cm/yr• Driven by Convection in Earth’s Interior• Accounts For:– Earthquakes– Volcanoes– Mountain-Building (Orogeny)
• Configuration of Continents
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Plate Tectonics
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Plate Tectonics
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Convection
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Convection In The Earth
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Plate Tectonics
and Resources
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Configuration of Continents
• Oceanic Circulation• Weather and Climate Patterns– Deserts– Mountains and Rain Shadows
• Pathways for Migration• Ecological Niches
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Configuration of Continents
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Some Unique Aspects of Geology
Importance of Relationships• Sequential • Spatial Importance of TimeDistinctive Problems of Evidence• Slow Rates • Rare Events • Destruction of Evidence • Inaccessibility
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Some Geologic RatesCutting of Grand Canyon• 2 km/3 m.y. = 1 cm/15 yrUplift of Alps• 5 km/10 m.y. = 1 cm/20 yr.Opening of Atlantic• 5000 km/180 m.y. = 2.8 cm/yr.Uplift of White Mtns. (N.H.) Granites• 8 km/150 m.y. = 1 cm/190 yr.
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Some Geologic RatesMovement of San Andreas Fault• 5 cm/yr = 7 m/140 yr.Growth of Mt. St. Helens• 3 km/30,000 yr = 10 cm/yr.Deposition of Niagara Dolomite• 100 m/ 1 m.y.? = 1 cm/100 yr.
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1 Second = 1 Year• 35 minutes to birth of Christ• 1 hour+ to pyramids• 3 hours to retreat of glaciers from Wisconsin• 12 days = 1 million years• 2 years to extinction of dinosaurs• 14 years to age of Niagara Escarpment• 31 years = 1 billion years
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Some Unique Aspects of Geology (Continued)
Reliance on Inference and DeductionIntrinsically "Unsolvable" Problems• Ancient Landscapes • Mass Extinctions • Ancient Ocean Basins
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Scientific Principles in Geology
• Parsimony (K.I.S.S.)• Superposition• Uniformitarianism
Using these, plus observation, we establish facts about Earth Processes
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Parsimony
• The simplest explanation that fits all the data is preferred
• Doesn’t guarantee that things must be simple!• Theories with lots of ad hoc or unsupported
ideas are probably wrong.
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Superposition:Mindoro Cut,
Wisconsin
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Geologic Map
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Uniformitarianism
Continuity of Cause and Effect• Apply Cause and Effect to Future - Prediction • Apply Cause and Effect to Present -
Technology • Apply Cause and Effect to Past -
Uniformitarianism