3.1 crust deformation
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This document discusses how the earth's crust is deformed through processes like plate tectonics and isostatic adjustment. Isostatic adjustment occurs when parts of the crust change in weight, causing the crust to rise or sink to reach equilibrium. Stress on the crust is caused by plate movement at boundaries where they collide, separate, or rub past each other. The three main types of stress are compression, tension, and shearing.
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3.1 crust deformation
- 1. Deformation of the Earth’s Crust Mr. Silva
- 2. What do you think of when you hear… the Himalayans, the Rockies, the Andes, the Sierra Nevada?
- 3. What do you think of when you hear… the Himalayans, the Rockies, the Andes, the Sierra Nevada? These imposing landforms are visible reminders that the shape of the earth’s surface is always changing.
- 4. How the Crust is Deformed • Deformation of the crust is the bending, tilting, and braking of the earth’s crust. • Plate tectonics is the movement of the earth crust, but it’s not the only force that shapes the earth’s crust
- 5. Isostatic Adjustment • Isostatic adjustment occurs in the earth’s crust because of the change in the weight in some parts of the crust.
- 6. Isostatic Adjustment • Isostatic adjustment occurs in the earth’s crust because of the change in the weight in some parts of the crust.
- 7. Isostatic Adjustment • Isostatic adjustment occurs in the earth’s crust because of the change in the weight in some parts of the crust.
- 8. Isostatic Adjustment • When crusts are thicker and heavier they move deeper into the mantle. SINKS
- 9. Isostatic Adjustment • When crusts are thinner and lighter, it will rise higher on of the mantle. RISES
- 10. Isostatic Adjustment • Take a second and think of a CARGO SHIP.
- 11. Isostatic Adjustment • This up-and-down movement in the crust occurs because of two opposing forces • The crust is always trying to reach a balance. • That balance is known as isostatic!
- 12. Isostatic Adjustment • This up-and-down movement in the crust occurs because of two opposing forces • The crust is always trying to reach a balance. • That balance is known as isostatic! ISOSTATIC = BALANCE
- 14. Common Locations • Isostatic adjustments are constantly occurring near: –Mountain ranges –Active volcanoes –Around glacier formations
- 15. Stress on the Crust • Plate movement causes STRESS on the earth’s surface, or outermost crust. • What is STRESS?
- 16. Stress on the Crust • Plate movement causes STRESS on the earth’s surface, or outermost crust. • What is STRESS?
- 17. Stress on the Crust • The crust becomes stressed when plates collide, separate or rub up on each other. Co l li d e u b Se R parate
- 18. Quick Review • At what plate boundary do plates collide? • At what plate boundary to plates separate? • At what plate boundary to plates rub? 13
- 19. Quick Review • At what plate boundary do plates collide? Convergent Plate Boundaries • At what plate boundary to plates separate? • At what plate boundary to plates rub? 13
- 20. Quick Review • At what plate boundary do plates collide? Convergent Plate Boundaries • At what plate boundary to plates separate? Divergent Plate Boundaries • At what plate boundary to plates rub? 13
- 21. Quick Review • At what plate boundary do plates collide? Convergent Plate Boundaries • At what plate boundary to plates separate? Divergent Plate Boundaries • At what plate boundary to plates rub? Transform Faults 13
- 22. 3 Types of Stresses • Compression: occurs when crustal rocks are squeezed together. –Often times reduces volume of rock –Will push rock higher up or deeper down into the crust
- 23. 3 Types of Stresses • Tension: is the force that pulls the rocks apart. –Tend to become thinner.
- 24. 3 Types of Stresses • Shearing: pushes rocks in the opposite horizontal direction. –Rocks can bend, twist, or break apart as they slide past each other.
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