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What tectonic plate is Pakistan on?
GeologyPakistan is split along the boundary between the Eurasian and Indian plates where the India plate slides northward relative to the Eurasia plate in the east. Is Pakistan on the Indian tectonic plate? Pakistan geologically overlaps both with the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates where its Sindh and Punjab provinces lie on the north-western
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What are the 4 ways plates move?
GeologyWhat are the major plate tectonic boundaries? Divergent: extensional; the plates move apart. Spreading ridges, basin-range. Convergent: compressional; plates move toward each other. Includes: Subduction zones and mountain building. Transform: shearing; plates slide past each other. Strike-slip motion. What are the 4 plate boundaries? There are four main types of plate boundary. These are constructive,
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What is isotopic dating used for?
GeologyRadioactive dating is a method of dating rocks and minerals using radioactive isotopes. This method is useful for igneous and metamorphic rocks, which cannot be dated by the stratigraphic correlation method used for sedimentary rocks. Over 300 naturally-occurring isotopes are known. What does isotopic dating deal with? Isotopic dating of rocks, or the minerals in
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Why is pyrite called fool’s gold?
GeologyPyrite is called “Fool’s Gold” because it resembles gold to the untrained eye. While pyrite has a brass-yellow color and metallic luster similar to gold, pyrite is brittle and will break rather than bend as gold does. Gold leaves a yellow streak, while pyrite’s streak is brownish black. Does pyrite have gold in it? Ironically,
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What causes folds and faults?
GeologyWhen the Earth’s crust is pushed together via compression forces, it can experience geological processes called folding and faulting. Folding occurs when the Earth’s crust bends away from a flat surface. A bend upward results in an anticline and a bend downward results in a syncline. What are the causes of folds? The ULTIMATE CAUSE
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How long is the Lechuguilla Cave?
GeologySince 1984, explorers have mapped over 145 miles (233 km) of passages and have pushed the depth of the cave to 1,604 feet (489 m). As of July 2019, Lechuguilla is one of the ten longest caves in the world (one of the four longest in the United States) and the second deepest limestone cave
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Is there a volcano in Montreal?
GeologyHere is the final and definitive answer: no, Mount Royal is not an ancient volcano. According to Les amis de la montage (the non-profit group dedicated to the conservation and preservation of Montréal’s crown jewel) the mountain was formed underground 125 million years ago. Is there any volcanoes in Montreal? The mountain is sometimes identified
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What type of volcano produces Rhyolite?
GeologyRhyolite usually forms in continental or continent-margin volcanic eruptions where granitic magma reaches the surface. Rhyolite is rarely produced at oceanic eruptions. What is a rhyolitic volcano? Rhyolite caldera complexes are the most explosive of Earth’s volcanoes but often don’t even look like volcanoes. They are usually so explosive when they erupt that they end
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What sedimentary rock fizzes in acid?
GeologyLimestoneLimestone is an unusual rock in that it fizzes when dilute acid is placed on its surface. It is the presence of calcium carbonate that is responsible for this. What type of rock reacts with acid? carbonate rocks Some sedimentary rocks are bound together with calcite or dolomite cement. Sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate sometimes have
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How does a lava lamp relate to plate tectonics?
GeologyHeat within the asthenosphere creates convection currents (similar to the currents that can be seen in the lava lamp). These convection currents cause the tectonic plates to move several centimeters per year relative to each other. How does a lava lamp relate to mantle convection and plate tectonics? The Earth’s mantle has convection currents because