Assignment 1 Plate Boundaries-3
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Physical Geology GEOL 1330 Fall 2023 Assignment #1 Plate boundaries in Google Earth. DUE Monday September 5
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at midnight. Turn in a pdf of your assignment in Canvas. Include your name in the name of the file The purpose of the exercise it to develop a spatial and temporal understanding of plate tectonic features described in lecture 3 Introduction to plate tectonics as well as world geography. You will be using Google Earth to answer the following questions. Before you begin, download Google Earth for your Operating system or use the web version. Download and open ( in the Google Earth app) (1) the Google Earth plate boundary file from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), (2) the Age of the Lithosphere Google Earth file from Earthbyte, and (3) Quaternary Volcanos link offered by the Smithsonian Institute. Links to files below. Links Assignment files: 1.
https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/plate-boundaries-kmz-file
2.
http://nachon.free.fr/GE/AgeOfEarthLithosphere.kmz
3.
https://volcano.si.edu/ge/GVPWorldVolcanoes.kml
Provide short answers to the following questions. Answer in the space provided. You will be turning your assignment in on blackboard. (The age of the oceanic crust will display better if you uncheck the “age of the
continents layer
. 1.
What type of plate boundary extends along the length of California? There is a Transform plate boundary running along the length of California.
2.
How long is this plate boundary? The plate boundary is 1200 km long.
3.
What is the age of the oceanic crust off the coast of Los Angeles, CA? The oceanic crust off the coast of Los Angeles is about 15 million years, represented by the yellow and orange colors.
4.
What type of plate boundary extends along the western margin of South America from Ecuador to Tierra del Fuego?
The convergent boundary is along the margin of Ecuador to Tierra del Fuego.
5.
What type of plate boundary goes through Iceland? Divergent and Transform boundary goes through Iceland.
6.
What is the age of the oceanic crust at Iceland? The age is approximately 30 mil years old.
7.
How does the age of the oceanic crust change from Iceland in a direction toward Green land? From Iceland to Green land it is getting older.
8.
How does the age of the oceanic crust change from Iceland in a direction toward Scotland? The age from Iceland to Scotland is getting older.
9.
What type of plate boundary extends through the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and Yemen? The boundary that extends through the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and Yemen is Divergent and Transform.
10.
What type of plate boundary separates the north Island of New Zealand from the south island of New Zealand? A convergent boundary separates the north Island of New Zealand from the south island of New Zealand.
11.
Do the volcanos in the Aleutian peninsula parallel the plate boundary? Yes they are parallel. 12.
In general, how many kilometers inland are the volcanos from the plate boundary between Santiago, Chile and the southern Patagonian ice fields? It is about 250 km inland from the boundary between Santiago, Chile and the southern Patagonian ice fields.
13.
Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl are two active volcanos in Mexico. How many kilometers are they from Mexico City? It is about 70 km from Mexico City.
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