Dance of the continents

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Dance of the continents An Introduction to Plate Tectonics

Scrat’s Continental Crack-Up Preconceptions Scrat’s Continental Crack-Up youtube.com/watch?v=q_IYQdKkWsU&feature=youtu.be

What did they get wrong? Ask audience what they know about continental drift or plate tectonics?

What global mechanisms control geology?

Thinking about continents… 1596 Cartographer Abraham Ortelius Questioned idea that continents have always been where they are 1620 English scientist Francis Bacon Noticed the puzzle piece nature of Africa and South America

Continental Drift Theory 1910 American geologist Frank Taylor Suggested mountains are due to movement of continents 1912 German meteorologist Alfred Wegener Continental drift theory and the supercontinent Pangea Distribution of fossils Resemblance of geological structures Distribution of ancient glacial deposits found near equator

Magnetic Proof Proof of continental drift 1950s Earth has a magnetic field, resembling a dipole magnet Iron-bearing minerals cooling in the Earth preserve the inclination of this magnetic field

Magnetic Proof Inclination is dependant on latitude of mineral at time of cooling Using rocks of same age on different continents, we can place the continents in there original location

But how do the continents move? Magnetic Proof Inclination is dependant on latitude of mineral at time of cooling Using rocks of same age on different continents, we can place the continents in there original location But how do the continents move? By what mechanism?

Mapping the Seafloor 1950s Laying of submarine telephone cables Detection of 65,000km long ridge in Atlantic Ocean Detection of deep continuous trenches encircling Pacific ocean

Mapping the Seafloor 1960s Sea floor drilling - ocean floor is primarily basalt with a thin sediment layer Magnetometers measured magnetic polarity of ocean floor Notice of stripes parallel to ridge Magnetic reversals Symmetrical across ridge Conveyor belt like process

Age of the Seafloor Red-Yellow: 0-70 million years old Green-Blue: 70-180 million years old

Seafloor Spreading 1962 American geologist Harry Hess Oceanic ridge lies above diverging upwelling currents of convection cells in the mantle Currents spread laterally at base of lithosphere Pulling apart lithosphere – intruded by mafic magma Pushing older seafloor away from ridge BUT… oldest seafloor is only 180 million years old? Where did the older crust go? K-Ar dating of ocean floor

Oceanic Trenches of the Pacific Japan Many recorded earthquakes Active volcanoes Deep oceanic trench Western coast of South America

Oceanic Trenches of the Pacific Japan Many recorded earthquakes Active volcanoes Deep oceanic trench Western coast of South America In-class exercise – Earthquake Evidence and Plate Boundaries

Japanese Earthquakes 1928 Geophysicist Kiyoo Wadati Maps the depth and location of epicenters of earthquakes Discovered an inclined surface sloping 60° beneath the Japanese Island, and beginning at the base of the deep trench

Subduction Earthquakes result of downward movement of ocean floor on large scale reverse faults Older seafloor sinks into the mantle along these subduction zones

Transform Faults Early 1960s Canadian researcher Tuzo Wilson Large scale seismically active transform faults Truncating and offsetting ridges and subduction zones

Plate Boundaries Earth divided into rigid lithospheric plates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1b3yNgIfKw Earth divided into rigid lithospheric plates Boundaries defined by transform faults, spreading ridges and subduction zones Plates are constantly moving relative to each other

In-class exercise – GPS Data and Plate Motion Plate Boundaries Earth divided into rigid lithospheric plates Boundaries defined by transform faults, spreading ridges and subduction zones Plates are constantly moving relative to each other In-class exercise – GPS Data and Plate Motion

Divergent Boundaries Rifting Upwelling heat from mantle Doming of continental land Rifting and extrusion of magma Small ocean basin formed Large ocean basin with a mid-ocean ridge

Convergent Boundaries Ocean-ocean convergence Island Arcs Ex: Japan Ocean-continent convergence Continental Arc Ex: Andes in S. America Continent-continent convergence Mountain belts – orogens Ex:Himalayas

Mountain Building - Orogenesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9bKXY0OMxc

Plate Tectonics – A Summary Unifying theory that took centuries to develop Describes the mechanisms by which the geology we see today is created Earth is divided into rigid lithospheric plates which are constantly moving relative to each other Plate movement is driven by convection in the mantle Plate boundaries are either convergent (subduction and mountain building) or divergent (rifting and mid-ocean ridges)