How is the ocean floor formed? How did Japan's archipelago form? How are glacial erratics formed? Explain whether there is always a boundary between oceanic plates and continental plates. How was the Isthmus of Panama formed? How do plate tectonics cause major geological events? How are glacia...
How deep below the Earth's crust is the inner core? What are two ways that groundwater reaches the Earth's surface? How are valleys formed by plate tectonics? How do minerals form near the mid-ocean ridge? How are fossils formed in sedimentary rocks? How are subsurface geology maps used...
How is a convergent boundary Convergent? When two plates come together, it is known as a convergent boundary. The impact of the colliding plates can cause the edges of one or both plates to buckle up into a mountain ranges or one of the plates may bend down into a deep seafloor trench....
Iceland actually sits atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Eventually, the island will be split into two separate landmasses because the plates will continue to move in opposite directions. When two continental plates pull apart, a rift valley is formed. As the plates separate, faults form on ...
Two main sorts of primary magmas can be identified: (1) the parent magmas of mid-ocean ridge, continental flood, and orogenic tholeiites which are poor in Ti and Fe, rich in Al and, to a lesser extent, Na and (2) the parent magmas of within-plate ocean island basalts (OIB) which ...
How are volcanoes created at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? What causes super volcanoes? How are headlands formed by erosion? How are spatter cone volcanoes formed? How do glaciers cause weathering? What causes earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains? How is gully erosion formed? How does subduction cause ...
Volcanic mountains are formed when a tectonic plate is pushed beneath another (or above a mid-ocean ridge or hotspot) where magma is forced to the surface. When the magma reaches the surface, it often builds a volcanic mountain, such as s shield volcano or a stratovolcano. Examples of this...
very close friend. I don’t think this is a spoiler alert, so I’ll talk about it: One of the ways you know that it’s fiction is that there’s a ghost.[Laughs]I don’t know about you, but I’ve never really had a ghost talk to me. But don’t think it’s a ghost story...
A short hike just outside Binghamton can lead people to a spot where they can enjoy a spectacular sight of the Parlor City. The special place is near Wittman Dam in the town of Dickinson. It's just above the location where Broome County officials once considered building a massive trash-bu...
How long is the Nullarbor Plain?The Nullarbor Plain:The Nullarbor Plain covers parts of South Australia and Western Australia in the south-western region of Australia. It is a flat area of land that is characterized by a semi-arid to arid climate and ecology with almost zero trees....