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Earth Science Basics Guide

The document provides information on earth science topics including relative age dating principles, types of minerals, earthquakes, and seismic waves. Relative age dating compares rock formations using principles of superposition and lateral continuity. Earthquakes are caused by built up stress at faults that suddenly releases. Seismic waves include P-waves, S-waves, and surface waves that travel through the earth.

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Earth Science Basics Guide

The document provides information on earth science topics including relative age dating principles, types of minerals, earthquakes, and seismic waves. Relative age dating compares rock formations using principles of superposition and lateral continuity. Earthquakes are caused by built up stress at faults that suddenly releases. Seismic waves include P-waves, S-waves, and surface waves that travel through the earth.

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Earth Science Cheat Sheet

by Eunicornz via cheatography.com/33171/cs/10321/

 Relative Age Dating Silicates and Non-Si​licates Earthq​uakes (cont)

Principle of Superp​osi​tion: Silicates Body travels through the


comparison of dates Silicone + Oxygen + fledspar, Wave middle of the bodies
Principle of Lateral Continuity all potassium, or sodium is a P-waves can go through
rock formations thin out at the silicate solids, liquids, and
ends to have a lenticular shape Feldspar is the most common gases and faster
case of silicates than S-waves
Relative Age:Un​com​for​mities S-waves can only go through
96% of the 50% of the
Non- the boundary Earth's crust is silicates are solids and slower
co​mfo​‐ between igneou​s/m​‐ composed of Feldspar and than P-waves
rmity eta​morphic and Silicates quartz Surface travels along the
sedime​ntary Wave surface of the body
Angular part of the formation Rayleigh elliptical rolling
is tilted but it is Non-si​licates Waves motions
covered by a flat
non-si​licates are basically the Love side-t​o-side
deposit
rest of the minerals that are not Waves
discom​ there is a gap in time silicates Shadow Parts of the Earth
formity between sedime​ntary
They make up the rest 4% of the zones where body waves
layers
Earth's crust can't reach
There are three types of unconf​‐ They are split into 6 groups
orm​ities that you can observe in
Carbonates CO 3
rock formations
Halides Cl or F +
Na,K, or Ca
Minerals vs Non-Mi​nerals
Native uncombined
Is it inorganic: not
elements
inorganic? made of living
things or the Oxides O + anything
remains of living but Si
things Sulfates SO 4
Does it naturally: forms Sulfides S+I+
occur and exists in anything else
naturally nature
Is it a A crysta​lline solid Earthq​uakes
Crysta​lline is whe its atoms How stress builds up at
Solid are arranged inan earthq​‐ fault to the point
orderly way uakes where it is locked
Consistent for each atom of start: when pressure gets
chem. this, there are atom too great, the rocks
comp. of this slip and create the
earthquake
If yes to all 4 questions, it is a
mineral. Otherwise, it is not a Elastic like a slinky, it
mineral. rebound deforms then settles
back to its original
spot
Seismic Waves

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