“How Old Is It? Plate Tectonics and the Geological Time Scale” with Alberto Malverno
Originally presented 14 Jan 2017
Alberto Malinverno’s Home Page
Dr. ALBERTO MALINVERNO is a Lamont Research Professor with a wide range of experience and interest in marine geophysical problems. He will share some of his recent investigations about better understanding of the geological time scale through study of magnetic anomalies created by seafloor spreading and recorded on mid-ocean ridge flanks.
In the January 2012 E2C Workshop, Alberto shared discoveries about “Scientific Ocean Drilling and the Earth’s History.”
IntroductorySlideshow: “How Old Is It? Selected Events in Understanding Geologic History”
pptx version pdf version
Pertinent NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas:
ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems
ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
PS4.A: Wave Properties
Selected Classroom Activities
GeoMapApp Learning Activities
Deep Earth Academy (JOIDES Resolution) Teaching Resources
- Nannofossils reveal Seafloor Spreading Truth
- Plate Tectonics and Contributions from Scientific Ocean Drilling
- Density of Oceanic Crust
- Modeling Plate Tectonics
- The Race Is On…With Seafloor Spreading
- “Tales of the Resolution” Epsiode 6: IN Search of Ancient Lava Flows
SERC
- Plate Tectonics Jigsaw (Anne Eggers)
- Discovering Plate Boundaries (Dale Sawyers)
MJP Resources
Additional Resources
- Tanya Atwayer’s Animations Of special interest are the visualization about Plate Tectonics and Geologic History
- “A Primer about Gravity and Magnetics” by Dick Gibson
- “Plate Tectonics: The Mechanism” from UCMP Berkeley
- “The Biggest Plates on Earth” from NOAA Ocean Explorer
- “Plate Tectonics” quiz by Timothy Heaton (U. So. Dakota)
- “Dynamic Earth Interactive: Plate Tectonics” from Annenberg Learner
- “Paleomagnetism, Polar Wander, and Plate Tectonics” (Penn State University)
[Additional resources will be posted soon]