世界地理——地球结构与板块构造英文版课件.pptx

The Structure of the Earth and Plate Tectonics,Structure of the Earth,The Earth is made up of 3 main layers:CoreMantleCrust,Inner core,Outer core,Mantle,Crust,The Crust,This is where we live!The Earths crust is made of:,Continental Crust thick(10-70km)-buoyant(less dense than oceanic crust)-mostly old,Oceanic Crust-thin(7 km)-dense(sinks under continental crust)-young,How do we know what the Earth is made of?,Geophysical surveys:seismic,gravity,magnetics,electrical,geodesyAcquisition:land,air,sea and satelliteGeological surveys:fieldwork,boreholes,mines,What is Plate Tectonics?,If you look at a map of the world,you may notice that some of the continents could fit together like pieces of a puzzle.,Plate Tectonics,The Earths crust is divided into 12 major plates which are moved in various directions.This plate motion causes them to collide,pull apart,or scrape against each other.Each type of interaction causes a characteristic set of Earth structures or“tectonic”features.The word,tectonic,refers to the deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction.,World Plates,What are tectonic plates made of?,Plates are made of rigid lithosphere.,The lithosphere is made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.,What lies beneath the tectonic plates?,Below the lithosphere(which makes up the tectonic plates)is the asthenosphere.,Plate Movement,“Plates”of lithosphere are moved around by the underlying hot mantle convection cells,Practical Exercise 1,Supercontinents!,What happens at tectonic plate boundaries?,DivergentConvergentTransform,Three types of plate boundary,Spreading ridgesAs plates move apart new material is erupted to fill the gap,Divergent Boundaries,Age of Oceanic Crust,Courtesy of www.ngdc.noaa.gov,Iceland has a divergent plate boundary running through its middle,Iceland:An example of continental rifting,There are three styles of convergent plate boundariesContinent-continent collisionContinent-oceanic crust collisionOcean-ocean collision,Convergent Boundaries,Forms mountains,e.g.European Alps,Himalayas,Continent-Continent Collision,Himalayas,Called SUBDUCTION,Continent-Oceanic Crust Collision,Oceanic lithosphere subducts underneath the continental lithosphereOceanic lithosphere heats and dehydrates as it subsides The melt rises forming volcanismE.g.The Andes,Subduction,When two oceanic plates collide,one runs over the other which causes it to sink into the mantle forming a subduction zone.The subducting plate is bent downward to form a very deep depression in the ocean floor called a trench.The worlds deepest parts of the ocean are found along trenches.E.g.The Mariana Trench is 11 km deep!,Ocean-Ocean Plate Collision,Where plates slide past each other,Transform Boundaries,Above:View of the San Andreas transform fault,Practical Exercise 2,Where will the UK be in:1,000 years?1,000,000 years?1,000,000,000 years?,whats the connection?,Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics,Volcanism is mostly focused at plate margins,Pacific Ring of Fire,-Subduction-Rifting-Hotspots,Volcanoes are formed by:,Pacific Ring of Fire,Hotspot volcanoes,Hot mantle plumes breaching the surface in the middle of a tectonic plate,What are Hotspot Volcanoes?,Photo:Tom Pfeiffer/,The Hawaiian island chain are examples of hotspot volcanoes.,The tectonic plate moves over a fixed hotspot forming a chain of volcanoes.,The volcanoes get younger from one end to the other.,whats the connection?,Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics,As with volcanoes,earthquakes are not randomly distributed over the globeAt the boundaries between plates,friction causes them to stick together.When built up energy causes them to break,earthquakes occur.,Figure showing the distribution of earthquakes around the globe,Where do earthquakes form?,Figure showing the tectonic setting of earthquakes,Plate Tectonics Summary,The Earth is made up of 3 main layers(core,mantle,crust)On the surface of the Earth are tectonic plates that slowly move around the globePlates are made of crust and upper mantle(lithosphere)There are 2 types of plateThere are 3 types of plate boundariesVolcanoes and Earthquakes are closely linked to the margins of the tectonic plates,