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    Determining Mantle Temperature and Composition from Discontinuities part of Deep Earth:Activities
    Anna Courtier, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    This pair of activities uses observations of mantle discontinuity structure to examine mantle heterogeneity and differences in the depth extent of melt sources for ridges and "hotspots." The first ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Geochemistry
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Interseismic deformation: Crustal deformation between large earthquakes part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
    SHIMON WDOWINSKI, Florida International University
    This assignment is based on real geodetic data measured in central California across the San Andreas Fault. It will get the students acquainted with geodetic observations, basic data analysis methods, and ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Tectonophysics, Geodesy
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Thermal Exhumation Model part of Complex Systems:Teaching Activities
    Steve Hurst, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Build a one-dimensional thermal model in STELLA of rock uplift. Determine how the speed of uplift affects the geotherm and why uplift rates determined from heat flow are often too high. The model demonstrates the ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics:Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Modeling Structural Processes
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review