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Millions Of Dollars Plate Tectonics
1,068 wordsEARTHQUAKE REFERENCE FILES Earthquake, shaking of the earth's surface caused by rapid movement of the earth's rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within the earth, usually in the form of strain in rocks, suddenly releases. This energy is transmitted to the surface of the earth by earthquake waves. The study of earthquakes and the waves they create is called seismology. Scientists who study earthquakes are called seismologists. (Webster's p. 423) The destruction an earthquake ...
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Relative Geologic Age Dating Geologic Age Dating Fault
606 wordsWhen stress caused by friction produced by the Earths movements and the natural rigidity of the rock builds up in rocks and reached a level that is over the strain threshold, the energy released resulted into a fault. The compressional fault, also known as reverse fault has the hanging wall moving up relative to the foot wall. The movement will expose the older rocks on the hanging wall at the surface. On the other hand, when the hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall it is called a t...
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San Andreas Fault Surface Of The Earth
2,516 wordsBenjamin Earthquake Earthquake Design Benjamin Mall Geology is the study of the earths landmasses. The earth is constantly changing. These changes are to slow for one person to see in his or her lifetime. Forces cause different things to happen on the surface of the earth. Such as mountains growing and eroding. The earth is broken down into layers lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. The lithosphere is the dense, solid layer that surrounds they earth. Which we call the ground. Scientists be...
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San Andreas Fault Surface Of The Earth
2,606 wordsGeology is the study of the earths landmasses. The earth is constantly changing. Often changes are to slow to be able to see them in a human lifetime. Forces cause different things to happen on the surface of the earth (Such as Mountains growing and eroding). Scientists believe that the earth was formed by very dense elements such as iron and nickel which are in the core of the earth. The earths crust covers the mantle. The crust is made up of over two thousand different compounds called mineral...
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