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Chapter 1. Earth Materials And Geosphere Flashcards

1
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Low velocity zone

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250km

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2
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Transition zone

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410 km

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3
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Another transition zone

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660km

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4
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Crust distance

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5-80km

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5
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Mantle distance

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2885 km

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6
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Core distance (rad)

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3480 km

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7
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Crust by %vol

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Less than 1

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8
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Mantle %by vol

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83%

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9
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Core %vol

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16%

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10
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Lithospheric distance

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100km

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11
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Asthenospheric distance with transition zone

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400-660km

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12
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Crust is separated from mantle by _discontinuity

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Moho

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13
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Oceanic crust thickness

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5-7 km

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14
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Idealized strat of Oceanic crust composed of _ main layers

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3

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15
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Layer 1

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Sediments

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16
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Layer 2

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Basalts and dikes

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17
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Layer 3

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Gabbro and Oceanic crust

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18
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Layer 4

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Mantle PERIDOTITE

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19
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Oldest Oceanic crust age

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<180 ma

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20
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Location of oldest Oceanic crust

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Along w and e borders of N Atlantic Ocean and w pacific

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21
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Oceanic crust density

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2.9 to 3.1

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22
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Ave density of cont crust

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2.6 to 2.9

23
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Greenstone belts age

24
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Composition of earth’s mantle

A

Ultrabasic ecglogite

25
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Upper mantle comp

A

Peridotite

26
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Lvz distance

A

100 to 250 km

27
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Distance top of lvz marks the contact between lithosphere and asthenosphere

28
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Discontinuity at inner to outer core at 5150 km

29
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Density of inner core

30
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Plates are separated by plate boundary segments that end in?

A

Triple junctions

31
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Movement of plates

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3 types, 2 hybrid(div, con, trans, - ditrans, contrans

32
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Creation of red sea (Arabian separated from African)

33
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Creation of Indian Ocean

34
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Creation of Atlantic ocean

35
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Earths largest mountain range (20%of earths surface)

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Ocean ridge system

36
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6-18cm per yr warmer and faster

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E. Pacific rise

37
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2-4cm/yr spreading rate

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Mid Atlantic

38
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Idea sites for epiclastic(detrital) of subd zones

A

Trench arc systems

39
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Marks path of subd zone

A

Wadatti benioff zone

40
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3 largest magnitude of equake

A

1909 Chile Alaska 1964 Sumatra 2004 which produced banda aceh tsunami

41
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Age of himalayan mountain range

42
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Tule of strike slip with horizontal motion

43
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Curvilinear zones of intensity faulted or fractured Oceanic crust nearly perpen to ridge axis

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Fracture zones

44
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Below lvz, seismic velo is (low, high)

45
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Location of transition zone (410-660)

A

Between upper and lower mantle

46
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Olivine (@14Gpa) transforms into beta spinel or wadsleyite and at high pressure transforms into ringwoodite. T or f

47
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(@660km,24gpa) ringwoodite plus garnet to pervoskite and periclase(oxide). T or f

48
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Periclase and magnesiowustite are polymorphs ((MG. Fe) o). T or f

49
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Lower mantle major minerals

A

Perovs, periclase, magnesiowustite, stishiovite, ilmenite, ferrite

50
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Above core mantle boundary (130-340km)

51
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Core composition

A

85% Fe 5% Ni 8-10% O S H

52
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Low velo of P wave @2900 km or core mantle boundary

A

Guttenberg discontinuity

53
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Core mantle boundary density

A

10-12g/cm3

Hefferan (4 decks)

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