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Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Volcanic Landforms
Volcanic Activity Many volcanoes are located on subduction boundaries or rift zones.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Stratovolcano: volcano constructed of multiple layers of lava and tephra (volcanic ash)
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Volcanic Landforms
Stratovolcanoes
Exogenic processes erode stratovolcanoes
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Shield Volcano: low, often large, dome-like accumulation of basalt lava flows emerging from long , radial fissures on flanks
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Volcanic Landforms
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Tectonic Landforms Fold Belts Compression from tectonic activity produces folds in rock strata Anticlines: upbends Synclines: troughs
Folds: corrugations of strata caused by crustal compression
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Tectonic Landforms
Fold Belts
Folds erode to form ridge-and-valley landscape Ridges and valleys parallel Folds may be plunging folds
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Tectonic Landforms
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Tectonic Landforms
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Tectonic Landforms
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Tectonic Landforms
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Tectonic Landforms
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Tectonic Landforms
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Earthquakes Earthquake: a trembling or shaking of the ground produced by passing seismic waves
Most earthquakes produced by sudden slippage along faults
Energy builds up until the fault slips, releasing seismic waves
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Earthquakes Earthquakes Along the San Andreas Fault San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
700 lives lost $30 billion damage
Generated by movement on San Andreas Fault This portion of the San Andreas has not moved since 1906
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.
Visualizing Physical Geography Copyright 2008 John Wiley and Sons Publishers Inc.