Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. Take-Away Points 1.How we know plate tectonics happens 2.Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur along plate boundaries.

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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Take-Away Points 1.How we know plate tectonics happens 2.Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur along plate boundaries 3.New ocean crust is created along mid-ocean ridges 4.Old ocean crust is recycled at subduction zones 5.Subduction zones are where mountain-building (orogeny) occurs 6.Small pieces of crust (terranes) are important in building up continents 7.Hot spots are long lived stationary magma sources

Global Problems in Geology Distribution of Continents Mid-ocean Ridges Trenches Orogenic Belts Deformation Metamorphism Volcanism Earthquakes

Development of Continental Drift Lots of people had noticed that the coastlines of Africa and South America are similar Frank Taylor (1910) Alfred Wegener (1912) Die Entstehung Der Kontinente Und Ozeane 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

The Permian Ice Age Problem 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Wegener’s Theory 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Dating the Breakup 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Frank Taylor In some respects, Taylor’s ideas were more modern than Wegener’s Taylor always thought Wegener had stolen credit from him 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Frank Taylor Recognized role of Mid- Atlantic Ridge Never reconstructed the continents like Wegener did 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Confirmation of Continental Drift World War II technology International Geophysical Year (IGY) Worldwide Standardized Seismic Network How we know plate tectonics happens

The Geomagnetic Reversal Time Scale 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Discovery of Sea-Floor Spreading 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Sea-Floor Spreading 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Where Does Ocean Crust Go? Hugo Benioff, How we know plate tectonics happens

Benioff’s Interpretation 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Benioff’s Interpretation Updated 1. How we know plate tectonics happens

Worldwide Standardized Seismic Network 2. Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur along plate boundaries

The Plate Tectonics Model

The Earth’s Plates

Global Plate Motions

What Drives It: Convection

How Plates Move

Reconstructing Plate Movements

Fit of Continents Across the Atlantic

Present Day Atlantic

Atlantic 65 m.y. ago

Geology of Plate Margins

Ophiolites: Oceanic Crust

Anatomy of a Mid-Ocean Ridge

FAMOUS: Close-Up of the Mid- Atlantic Ridge

Magnetic Stripes in the FAMOUS Area

A Subduction Zone

Why Mountains are High

Where the Plates Meet

Terrane Accretion

Terranes in Western North America

Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes

Hot Spots

Hot Spots: Hawaii

Pacific Hot Spot Tracks

Take-Away Points Reviewed 1.How we know plate tectonics happens 2.Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur along plate boundaries 3.New ocean crust is created along mid-ocean ridges 4.Old ocean crust is recycled at subduction zones 5.Subduction zones are where mountain-building (orogeny) occurs 6.Small pieces of crust (terranes) are important in building up continents 7.Hot spots are long lived stationary magma sources