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Geology plate Tectonics
[br] Which of the following are associated with subduction zones? Click on two answers.
We currently believe that the earth’s crust-the rocky part of the earth-is composed of several large, rigid plates. These plates are being created at some edges and being destroyed at others. They’re also moving across the earth. This theory is called plate tectonics. It was first put forth in 1963 by a Canadian geophysicist by the name of Tuzo Wilson.
Tuzo Wilson was instrumental in advancing the theory of plate tectonics. He suggested that the Hawaiian and other volcanic island chains might have formed as a result of the movement of a plate over a motionless "hotspot" in the earth’s mantle. Hundreds of studies have proved that Wilson was right. However, in the early 1960s, his idea was considered so radical that his "hotspot" manuscript was initially rejected by all the major international scientific journals.
Basically, plates are areas of the earth’s crust that move as a unit. At the present time, there are eight large plates, as well as a similar number of smaller plates.
According to the theory of plate tectonics, a plate has three kinds of boundaries with other plates: oceanic ridges, oceanic trenches, and transform faults. Most of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes occur at plate boundaries. This is what you’d expect because plate boundaries are where a great deal of friction and stress occur.
At plate boundaries, a couple of things can happen. One is that rock is forced up from the mantle in molten form as lava- at ridges. Another is that rock is melted and forced back into the mantle-at trenches. This process of rock being "swallowed" or forced back into the earth’s mantle is called subduction. During subduction, as a plate dives into the depths, we think part of it finds its way back to the surface in the form of volcanoes.
The theory of plate tectonics and the discovery of sea floor spreading have confirmed the theory of continental drift, the movement of continents. Sea floor spreading was discovered in the North Atlantic, and soon afterward in all other oceans. What we found is that-in the areas around oceanic ridges- the deep sea floor is formed by rising lava, which then spreads out sideways in both directions.
So, does the spreading of the ocean floor mean that the surface of the earth is increasing? No, not in the least. Sea floor spreading doesn’t cause an increase in the earth’s surface. And why not? Because the lava that rises and spreads from the oceanic ridges sinks again elsewhere in subduction zones, which are nearly identical with the ocean trenches.
Subduction zones are areas of frequent earthquakes and are usually associated with the rows of volcanic islands that accompany the oceanic trenches. Subduction is currently happening beneath island arcs, like Japan. Subduction is also taking place on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, beyond the end of the San Andreas Fault. This is where a subducted plate is thought to have disappeared beneath the North American plate in recent geological time, leaving the volcanoes of the Cascade Range as evidence of its past existence.
选项
A、The pollution of the sea floor
B、Chains of volcanic islands
C、The sliding of one plate under another
D、Frequent thunderstorms and tornadoes
答案
BC
解析
Chains of volcanic islands are associated with subduction zones: Subduction zones... are usually associated with the rows of volcanic islands that accompany the oceanic trenches. The sliding of one plate under another occurs at subduction zones: This is where a subducted plate is thought to have disappeared beneath the North American plate....(2.2)
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