Using Data to Build an Understanding of Earth

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Using Data to Build an Understanding of Earth

What is Earth Science?

Types of Earth Science

What do Earth Scientists do?

Solid Earth Science

Plate Tectonics

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Example: Development of Plate Tectonics

Data used to address problem

Magnetic reversals

Magnetic “Stripes” on Seafloor

Actual Data (South of Iceland)

Generation of anomalies

Earthquakes: Types of faults

Earthquakes: Seismology

Transform Faults: Bathymetry

Transform Faults: Directions

Synthesis:

What does plate tectonic explain?

What does this tell us?

Is the theory perfect? No!

General Issue:

Meteorology and Oceanography

Basic principles

Measurements in Earth Science

Measurement location

Summary of Earth Science

Relevance:

Web resources

 Author: Thomas A Herring

Email: tah@mit.edu

Home Page: http://www-gpsg.mit.edu/~tah

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