Astronomy 210
Lecture 17, Oct. 4
Fall 2010
Lecture Notes:
pdf file
Planetary Atmospheres
ideal gasses
java applets:
kinetic theory
,
gas law
,
piston
,
ideal atmosphere
atmospheric escape
the transient
sodium atmosphere
of the Moon
Let's Go: Solar System
The Earth
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Evidence for plates
volcano locations
earthquake locations
plate boundaries
Continental drift
Terrestrial
evidence
Evidence from space:
satellite laser ranging
,
VLBI
, GPS
timing
Drift
animated
Consequences of Drift
Mountains:
Himalayas
Earthquakes: San Andreas fault.
b/w image
,
color image
,
roadside cutaway
in Palmdale, CA
Carizo Plain, CA
Volcanoes:
Mt. St. Helens
Lecture Archive
Brian D. Fields
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