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Plate Tectonics
Slides from lectures preceding Plate Tectonics exercise
Eileen [email protected]
2018
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Surface of a Plate • Composed of lithosphere = crust +
uppermost mantle
§ Oceanic + continental lithosphere
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plates_tect2_en.svg
§ Changes size with time
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Tectonic Activity
§ Volcanoes
• Occurs mainly at plate boundaries:
• Plates outlined by EQ epicenters
§ Earthquakes§ Mountain-building
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_earthquakes_in_2016.svg
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Plate Boundaries
§ Moves away from you
§ Moves toward you
§ Slips past you
• 3 types, defined by relative motions
• Stand on 1 plate, by boundary. How does the other plate move?
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
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1. Divergent Boundaries • Plates move apart: a mid-ocean ridge forms
• Asthenosphere rises under ridge & partly melts
§ Underwater volcanic mountains with a central rift valley
§ Lava cools à new lithosphere
§ Splits, then moves away from MOR
(MOR)
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What Happens at Divergent Boundaries?
§ Non-explosive lava flows
§ Small earthquakes
• Ocean basins grow wider
• Tectonic activity
• Continents move apart
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Continental-continental_constructive_plate_boundary.svg
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Carlsberg Ridge
Examples
East Pacific RiseChile Rift
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AYool_topography_15min.pngm
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2. Convergent Boundaries
• Plates move toward each other
• Marked by a deep narrow trench
• Also called subduction zones
§ Old oceanic lithosphere bends…
§ Sinks into mantle…
§ Is destroyedtrench
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What Happens at Convergent Boundaries?
• Tectonic activity
• Oceans get smaller
§ Explosive volcanic eruptions
§ Major EQs
• Continents move closer together
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Continental-continental_destructive_plate_boundary.svg
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Details of Convergent Boundaries • Three types:
a) Ocean-Ocean
§ A volcanic island arc forms
§ 2 oceanic plates
§ One subducts (the older, heavier one)
Screenshot from Google Earth of the Marianas Islands and Trench
Pacific Plate
Philippine Plate
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More Convergent Boundaries • Three types:
b) Ocean-Continent
§ 1 oceanic plate + 1 continental plate
§ Continental volcanic arc forms
§ Oceanic plate subducts
Screenshot from Google Earth of the southern Andes
Nazca Plate
South American
Plate
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Other Convergent Boundaries • Three types:
c) Continent-Continent
§ 2 continental plates
§ Mountain range forms
§ Neither subducts – they collide
Screenshot from Google Earth of the Himalayas
Indian Plate
Eurasian Plate
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Japan(ocean-ocean)
Examples
Cascades(ocean-continent) Alps (continent-continent)
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3. Transform Boundaries
• 2 plates slide past one another
• Marked by a transform fault
§ No old crust destroyed
§ Major EQs occur
§ No new crust forms
§ No volcanoes
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Continental-continental_conservative_plate_boundary_opposite_directions.svg
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Where Are Transform Boundaries? • Most are
under oceans
• They connect segments of mid-ocean ridges (e.g., “stair-steps” in Atlantic Ocean)
Screenshot from Google Earth of southern Atlantic Ocean
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Fault: Traditional Interpretation
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Screenshot from Google Earth of the Gulf of Aden
• Ridge was once continuous, then broken by fault
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Fault: Transform Interpretation
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
• EQs occur only along solid orange line
mid-ocean ridge segments
direction of seafloor spreading
fracture zone
(dashed lines)
transform fault
(solid line)
Screenshot from Google Earth of the Gulf of Aden
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Dead Sea Fault
Examples
San Andreas Fault
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Another Aspect of PT • Early geologists noticed 2 types of volcanic mountains in the oceans:§ Volcanic arcs around ocean margins
o Curved o All are activeo All are ~ the same age
§ Volcanic chains in middle of ocean
o Straight o Active at 1 end onlyo Age changes along chain
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Screenshot from Google Earth of the northwestern Pacific Ocean
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What Is a Hotspot? • Def: Active volcano not in an arc
§ At 1 end of volcanic chain
§ Old volcano stops, new one forms
§ Produces a chain of volcanoes
• Plate moves over hotspot
o Age increases with distance from HS
§ Hawaii is a classic example(HS)
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What Makes a Hotspot?
• Mantle plume: column of hot rock that rises from the mantle
§ Partly melts
§ Fuels volcano at surface (= HS)
§ Plume + moving plate = hotspot track
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HD-Rayleigh-Taylor.gif
Mathematical simulation of
a plume
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Hot Spots Illustrated
Hot spot animation:http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/animations/hot_spot_volcanoes.htm
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotspot(geology)-1.svg
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/91103.phpAfter Mark Richards et al, UC Berkeley
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Afar
Examples
Yellowstone
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Tristan de Cunha
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Teaching Notes and Tips This exercise is divided into three complementary sections. The exercise may be completed in one extended laboratory period, or individual sections may be assigned as separate, shorter activities or as homework. Note that the Excel workbook file includes three worksheets that contain the key. The workbook given to students should have the following worksheets only: Data, Graph, Fig. 2.3, and Hawaii. The maps in Part I are sufficiently detailed that students may zoom in and should be able to read all of the text. Part II includes a scaled cross section of the South America subduction zone. There is a small version in the Student Instructions and a larger version in the Excel spreadsheet. The instructor may choose to discuss this diagram before students begin to work. Students may need a review of algebra related to lines, slopes, and y-intercepts to interpret the graph in Part III. Because computer software changes so rapidly, the instructions for accomplishing certain tasks with Excel might differ from those given in the student instructions. Thus, the instructor should be aware of possible difficulties using Excel.