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Geology of the National Parks

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Module 4: Mountain Building, Obduction, and Tsunamis

Welcome to Module 4!
Main Topics: Module 4
Still More Plate Tectonics, The Great Smoky Mountains
Obduction Zones: The Push-Together Boundaries
The Three Structural Styles
Why the Great Smokies Are Still So High
Still More Plate Tectonics: The Rocky Mountains
Raising the Rockies
Where Tectonics Meet People: Tsunamis
Optional Enrichment Article
A Rocking Review
Module 4 Wrap-Up

‹ Module 3 Wrap Up up Welcome to Module 4! ›

GEOSC 10: Geology of the National Parks

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LESSONS

Module 1: Science!
Module 2: Making Mountains and Earthquakes
Module 3: Mountain Building & Volcanism
Module 4: Mountain Building, Obduction, and Tsunamis
Module 5: Tearing Down Mountains: Weathering, Mass Movement, and Landslides
Module 6: Tearing Down Mountains: Groundwater & Rivers
Module 7: Glaciers, Ice, and Permafrost
Module 8: Coasts & Sea-level Changes
Module 9: Deep Time: Stratigraphy and the Sedimentary Record
Module 10: Uniformitarianism & the Age of the Earth
Module 11: Evolution & Extinction
Module 12: Biodiversity, Global Warming and the Future
Course Review
Acknowledgments

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Authors: Dr. Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Department of Geosciences, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University and Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Professor, Department of Geosciences, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University

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