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COURSE LECTURE NOTES:
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SCIENCE | MATTER |
SOLAR SYSTEM |
PLANETS | ATMOSPHERE |
WIND and TEMPERATURE |
HUMIDITY | WEATHERING |
SOIL |
SEASONS | MASS WASTING |
SEASONS and CLIMATE |
WIND WORK |
STREAMS | LAND FORMS |
GROUND WATER |
CAVES/KARST | THE OCEAN |
TIDES & ESTUARIES |
WAVES | GLACIERS |
GLACIAL LANDFORMS |
VOLCANOES | VOLCANOES |
CHON | PLATE TECHTONICS |
EARTHQUAKES |
ROCKS |
CLIMATE CHANGE |
Volcanoes
1. Resurgent caldera - leaves a huge hole
a. 70% rhyolite, rhyolite rarely reaches the surface
b. extremely viscous
c. very violent
d. wide spread ash fall
e. changes that occur after magma sits
1) loses gas
2) begins to grow crystal
3) becomes more viscous
2. Cinder cone - a steep, conical hill of pyroclastic materials that accumulate
around and downwind from a vent
Examples:
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