include dykes‚ sills and laccoliths. A dyke is a shaft of igneous rocks that cuts across the geological layers‚ whereas a sill runs parallel to the geological strata. A laccolith forms a larger intrusion that causes rocks above to form domes. The landforms produced by plutons depend on the size of the intrusion and its strength relative to surrounding rocks. If it is more resistant‚ it forms uplands or elevated areas; if it is weaker‚ it may form depressions. Intrusive rocks tend to be coarse grained
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GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF ADAIR PARK SOUTH WEST ARIZONA By Geology 101 2013 Novermber 20 I. On Saturday‚ November 16‚ 2013‚ our Geology class went to Adair Park Yuma Arizona on our adventure of a lifetime. The point of the trip was to view real life examples of some of the things that we have studied over the course of this semester. Actually being able to see examples of such things as cross-bedding dikes‚ unconformities‚ folds faults and various sedimentary
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following descriptions best fits the rock texture name “glassy”? -No crystals are observed 15. Rocks are defined as? -Aggregates of one or more minerals and/or glass 16. Devils Tower‚ a famous landmark/landform of the western Great Plains is? - A volcanic deposit‚ largely the remnants of a volcanic conduit 17. Which of the following volcanoes is most likely to contain pillow lava? -Deep-sea volcano 18. What is the international scientific term for a lava flow with a rough surface? -aa
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References: Bloes‚ K.‚ Bohnenkamp‚ S.‚ Bisbee‚ J.‚ & Garofolo‚ A. (2011). Landforms. Retrieved from http://maps.unomaha.edu/peterson/funda/links/landforms/landforms.html BookRags. (n.d.). Alfred Wegener introduces the concept of continental drift. Retrieved from http://www.bookrags.com/research/alfred-wegener-introduces-the-conce-scit-0612345/ Evidence for the mechanism
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Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Geography School Based Assignment On Limestone Name: Camilla Holgate School: Meadowbrook High School Topic: Limestone Centre Number: 100075 Registration Number: Year of Exam: 2013-2014 Teachers Name: Mrs. Reid Title Page Project Title: Limestone Name Of candidate: Camilla Holgate School: Meadowbrook High Teacher: Mrs. Reid Territory: Jamaica Table of Contents Topics Pages Aim of Study
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Kilauea Volcano By: Jeremy Dodson Located in the Pacific Ocean‚ Hawaii and the Hawaiian Islands are the cone-shaped tops of gigantic ocean volcanoes. Located in the southeast region of the Island of Hawaii‚ Kilauea sits on the flank (or the side) of the active Mauna Loa volcano‚ and is one of five shield volcanoes that together form the Island of Hawaii. Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth‚ and it is the youngest. Kilauea stands just under 4‚200 feet tall
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forces). There are 3 main Endogenetic processes: folding‚ faulting and volcanism. They take place mainly along the plate boundaries‚ which are the zones that lay on the edges of plates. These zones are weak. Endogenetic processes cause many major landform features. MOVEMENTS: The forces coming from within the earth cause two types of movements in the earth. (1) Horizontal movements (2) Vertical movements These movements motored by the Endogenetic forces introduce various types of vertical irregularities
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will find that the glacier has created a variety of different landforms as well as impacted the environment around it including plants‚ animals‚ and people. List some ways your glacier has impacted the Earth. In addition‚ describe your glacier current movement. Start typing in the box and it will expand as needed. ***Name of Glacier (from Assignment#1): The Kilimanjaro Glacier Glacier Being Studied 2-3 sentence description Landforms or Erosional Features Created by Glacier The topography of a
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Geomorphology - is the science of landforms‚ their origin‚ evolution‚ form‚ and spatial distribution. Denudation - is any process that wears away or rearranges landforms. Processes include weathering‚ mass movement‚ erosion‚ transportation‚ and deposition. Differential Weathering - the effect of different resistance in rock‚ coupled with variations in the intensity of physical and chemical weathering. Dynamic Equilibrium Model - the balancing act between tectonic uplift and reduction rates
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The structure of the earth The earth has three major parts-the land part or lithosphere‚ the water part or hydrosphere and the air part or atmostpere. The lithosphere is the surface on which you live . It is also the earth solid sphere consisting mainly of massive rocks. The massive rocks form large land masses called continent and small island groups . Different land form such as mountains‚hills‚valleys‚plateaus and plains make up the lithosphere. The hydrosphere include all water forms
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