EESA06 FINAL EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED AND UPDATED
what are the three types of convergent plate boundaries and what do they create?
1) oceanic-oceanic : volcanic island arc
2) oceanic-continental : magmatic arc
3) continental - continental: mountain range, high plateau
Tethys
a dead ocean which closed during the breakup of Pangea
how much do plate tectonics move per year
centimeters/year
where can we find mid ocean ridges
shallow areas in an ocean
suture
a place where continents/oceans are stitched together
delamination
when the subducting slab is being stripped of its layers while going down into the mantle
thrust faults
something that gets pushed up and over somewhere else
foreland basin
when crust gets big and heavy it drags down and pulls some of the thin crust with it
orogeny/orogenesis
process of the building of the mountains
orogen
the mountain range itself
the alpine Himalayan orogeny
records ether closure of the Tethys ocean and crumping together of former ocean rocks
the matterhorn
, layers of ocean sediment, when mountains get too high, they get glaciated and the ice
shaves the mountain
Crustal shortening
the crumpling of the ocean crust
nappes
big folds in rocks which reflects that rocks can be folded
fold and thrust belt
areas with lots of folding and thrusting of ocean floor rocks
vulcano
the original volcano
Stromboli
lighthouse of the mediterranean, always erupts
a Stromboli eruption
a mild fountaining of lava
Plinian eruption
a large explosive ashy eruption
intendor
going towards
what's going on with the Arabian plate right right
the Arabian plate is an intendor into Eurasia lifting the zagros and caucasus mountains
what's going on with the India currently
india has been indenting into Eurasia causing widespread obduction and escape
tectonics
tell me about mountains and sediment
mountainous terrane generates sediment. the sediment reacts with water to drive long
term climate change
saligrams
ammonite collected, fossilized stone
pyroclastic flow
they go hundreds of kms/hour and are hundreds of degrees. they later condense into
layer of hard ash and rock
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED AND UPDATED
what are the three types of convergent plate boundaries and what do they create?
1) oceanic-oceanic : volcanic island arc
2) oceanic-continental : magmatic arc
3) continental - continental: mountain range, high plateau
Tethys
a dead ocean which closed during the breakup of Pangea
how much do plate tectonics move per year
centimeters/year
where can we find mid ocean ridges
shallow areas in an ocean
suture
a place where continents/oceans are stitched together
delamination
when the subducting slab is being stripped of its layers while going down into the mantle
thrust faults
something that gets pushed up and over somewhere else
foreland basin
when crust gets big and heavy it drags down and pulls some of the thin crust with it
orogeny/orogenesis
process of the building of the mountains
orogen
the mountain range itself
the alpine Himalayan orogeny
records ether closure of the Tethys ocean and crumping together of former ocean rocks
the matterhorn
, layers of ocean sediment, when mountains get too high, they get glaciated and the ice
shaves the mountain
Crustal shortening
the crumpling of the ocean crust
nappes
big folds in rocks which reflects that rocks can be folded
fold and thrust belt
areas with lots of folding and thrusting of ocean floor rocks
vulcano
the original volcano
Stromboli
lighthouse of the mediterranean, always erupts
a Stromboli eruption
a mild fountaining of lava
Plinian eruption
a large explosive ashy eruption
intendor
going towards
what's going on with the Arabian plate right right
the Arabian plate is an intendor into Eurasia lifting the zagros and caucasus mountains
what's going on with the India currently
india has been indenting into Eurasia causing widespread obduction and escape
tectonics
tell me about mountains and sediment
mountainous terrane generates sediment. the sediment reacts with water to drive long
term climate change
saligrams
ammonite collected, fossilized stone
pyroclastic flow
they go hundreds of kms/hour and are hundreds of degrees. they later condense into
layer of hard ash and rock
