Geography Class Is My Happy Place, Thanks To You

REMINDERS:

• Review for Exam #2 is next week on Monday.
• Bring your most recent labs to check off, your completed study guides for extra credit, and your lecture notes to go over in class.
• Exam #2 is next week on Wednesday. Same scantron, same format. 60 questions, max.

I think we knocked it out of the park, today, folks. Thank you for your comments, your on-the-spot research, and your enthusiasm. Our classroom is officially my Happy Place, lately, thanks to all of you. 😊

Here's the Wikipedia entry on the Laurentian Abyss (also known as the Laurentian Fan), which Jack asked about today. It's approximately 3.7 mi (~19,685 ft) deep. For comparison, within the Mariana Trench, it is ~6.8 mi (~36,000 ft) to the bottom of the Challenger Deep (its lowest point); the Puerto Rico Trench is 5.2 miles (27,500 ft) deep; and the Java Trench is 4.4 miles (23,377 ft) deep, on average. The Laurentian Abyss also features in the Transformers movies and in the 1990 film, The Hunt for Red October (it is an abyssal plain, and so is identified on the bathymetric chart in this scene as the Laurentian Abyssal).



Also, apologies to Tristan: I wrote on the board the wrong name for the Reddit channel mentioned in class. It's this one, folks. Just a few posts in on the "New" page, I found this very cool set of photos from the aftermath of the recent New Zealand earthquake. When we get to the sections on earthquakes and uplift, you can bet I'll be referencing them!

Waipapa Bay before and after November 14, 2016 earthquake

Finally, here are your slides. Have a great weekend!

Physical Geography Lecture 12 - Plate Tectonics 111616 from angelaorr