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The Moho is the Mohorovicic Discontinuity. A seismic discontinuity is a boundary between 2 layers with different properties. The Mohorovicic discontinuity (Moho) is the crust - mantle boundary (within th...
The three styles of tectonic plate movement are convergent (when plates move towards each other), divergent (when plates move apart), and transform (when plates slide past each other).At convergent plate ...
The fact that the grains are well rounded suggests that they have been subjected to a relatively high level of erosion (due to the smoothing of sharp edges). From this, we could interpret that the sedimen...
One piece of evidence for seafloor spreading is that with increased distance from the Mid Ocean Ridge (MOR), the age of rocks on the seafloor increases. This supports the concept that molten rock is eject...
When intruding, hot magma contacts the cool country rock this will cause the outer edge will quickly cool and harden, therefore there will not be much time for crystals to form leaving a very fine crystal...
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