Our modern, scientific understanding of the Earth’s interior structure is based on inferences made with the help of seismic monitoring. In essence, this involves measuring sound waves generated by earthquakes, and examining how passing through the different layers of the Earth causes them to slow ...
Because of its high temperature, the outer core exists in a low viscosity fluid-state that undergoes turbulent convection and rotates faster than the rest of the planet. This causes eddy currents to form in the fluid core, which in turn creates a dynamo effect that is believed to influence E...
Our modern, scientific understanding of the Earth's interior structure is based on inferences made with the help of seismic monitoring. In essence, this involves measuring sound waves generated by earthquakes, and examining how passing through the different layers of the Earth causes them to slow d...
What causes an air mass to have a low pressure? What causes air pollution? What causes wildfires? What causes a counterclockwise flow of air in the Northern Hemisphere? What causes a tidal current? What causes deep currents? What is an important characteristic of wind shear?
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The many massive layers of water beneath the wavy surface of an ocean are considered deep ocean layers, and an estimated 90 percent of an ocean is deep water. Different forces combine to cause that water to generate deep ocean currents that flow around t
The many massive layers of water beneath the wavy surface of an ocean are considered deep ocean layers, and an estimated 90 percent of an ocean is deep water. Different forces combine to cause that water to generate deep ocean currents that flow around t
s this hot, it dissolves sulfur, iron and other metals in the rock and it interacts with.when these minerals precipitate out, the water forms of black plume, so these vents are called black smokers.It's the sulfur and metals precipitating out of the water that that's what causes black ...
Waves can vary in size from small ripples to giant swells, depending on wind strength and fetch. Currents, on the other hand, may vary in speed and can be influenced by temperature and salinity gradients in the ocean. 14 The direction of wave propagation is primarily determined by the wind...
In the winter, for example, the air over the ocean might be warmer than the air over the land, causing the wind flow to move from the land out to the sea. But in the summer, the air over the land heats up, becoming warmer than the air over the ocean. This causes the wind ...