Oceanic crust

As mentioned, the case study previously mentioned, provides a transformative experience for tourists, specifically surfers. This is because the surfers already have a preconceived notion of how the surfing experience will be. There are numerous beaches around Australia, but the tourists in the case study have specifically chosen the Gold Coast as it provides surfing compeitions and tournaments and this can cause a memorable experience for the tourist. In addition to the transformative experience…

Costal Management Bondi Beach Coastal Processes – Costal Processes are the variety of ways that landforms are made and shaped. The Costal Process come under two different sections, Erosion and Accretion, Erosion is “the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents” and Accretion is “growth or increase by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter”. Erosion comes in many forms but the 5 main forms of Erosion regarding to Costal Process are: 1.…

This report presents a number of findings that are based on the natural landscape of The Spit, such as the geomorphic processes that have shaped The Spit and the geographical features. The Spit contains many geographical features, both natural and built. A natural geographical feature that was identified was headlands. These boulders were being constantly eroded due to abrasion waves, causing bits of rock and sand in the waves to grind down surfaces of the rock. Other natural features sighted…

Kailua The location that I chose to observe was Kailua beach in Hawaii. The beach is known to be a local hotspot. There you will find many locals swimming, surfing, barbecuing, and enjoying themselves. Driving up to the beach you probably wouldn’t think that right behind the abandoned house was how you actually got to the beach. There is a small parking lot that locals wait to park in. There is no paved pathway to get to the beach there are only paths on the grass that have been made by people.…

What is your topic? The topic I have chosen to study is the Aquarius Festival held in Nimbin, NSW. The 9 day festival from May 12th to 21st 1973 may have been the best thing to happen to Nimbin. The dying dairy town in desperate need of business was approached by the Australian Union of students and asked to hold an alternative lifestyle festival on the showground of the town. Although the values of the conservative town members differed from the alternative festival attendees they agreed for…

It makes up 40% of the Earth’s surface and has a density of 2.6 grams per centimetre cubed. It has a thickness of 35-70 kilometres. Oceanic crust consists of dark coloured rocks made up of basalt known as mafic. Mafic is an igneous rock made of mainly magnesium and iron. Oceanic rock is also 7-10 kilometres thick. It has a density of 3 grams per centimetre cubed. 9. Define the terms subduction, mid-ocean ridge, and ocean trench and island arc. Subduction…

earth i.e. the crust. Everything from high mountains to ground level is a part of lithosphere. Biosphere: it includes all the living organism, all possible live on…

region evidently experienced uplift. This uplift was due to a mountain building episode that occurred between the Silurian and the mid-metazoic. This event occurred when a continental crust collided with oceanic crust, at a convergent boundary, it causes crust to displace inland on the continental crust while the oceanic crust falls below the other plate via subduction. When subduction occurs the pressure from below causes volcanoes and mountains to form further inland. This would also explain…

hydrothermal vents. Hydrothermal vents are like chimney shaped hot springs that are located on the ocean floor. Hydrothermal vents were first discovered in 1977 near the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific. Scientists exploring the area along the mid-oceanic ridge had noticed drastic temperature changes in their data. With the help of ALVIN, a research deep sea submersible, they discovered vents that were pouring out hot fluids from beneath the ocean floor (Hydrothermal Vents). Hydrothermal…

the earth is not round. In fact it is a spheroid. Isaac Newton was the first to propose that the earth isn’t round. Newton's research showed that inside the earth there are multiple layers. Later scientists discovered that the very first layer, the crust, is made out of plate tectonics. All the different phenomena that we see on Earth, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landforms, are caused by the plate tectonics. In order to understand the layers of the earth one has to understand how the…