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Geology 112
1.5 - Continents
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What type of volcanism occurs at 'Island Arc' | Andesite volcano |
| What type of volcanism occurs at the MOR? | Basaltic Volcano |
| How can you tell an ocean floor is relatively young? | No subduction zone |
| How thick is continental crust? | generally 30 km thick, Himalayas and Andes up to 60 km thick |
| Plate tectonics slowly adds to continents, eg? | Australia East of broken hill in the last 500 Ma. |
| Rodinia? | Supercontinent 1100 Ma. |