Digital Storytelling: All About the Geologic Processes of the Earth!

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Digital Storytelling: All About the Geologic Processes of the Earth! by Mind Map: Digital Storytelling: All About the Geologic Processes of the Earth!

1. Weathering/Erosion

1.1. Water

1.2. Aeolian Processes (wind)

1.3. Chemical

2. Volcanism

2.1. Volcano Types

2.1.1. Strato

2.1.2. Cinder Cone

2.1.3. Shield

2.2. Hot spot Volcanim

2.3. Cryovolcanism

3. Tectonics

3.1. Tectonic Boundaries

3.1.1. Convergent (AKA Subduction)

3.1.1.1. Orogenic Formation

3.1.1.2. Earthquakes

3.1.2. Divergent (AKA Spreading Centers)

3.1.3. Transform (AKA Strike Slip)

3.2. Tectonic Plates

3.2.1. Continental

3.2.2. Oceanic

4. Faulting

4.1. Strike/Slip

4.2. Reverse

4.3. Normal

5. Folding

5.1. Anticline

5.2. Syncline

5.3. Dome

5.4. Basin

5.5. Monocline

5.6. Chevron

6. ROCKS!

6.1. Rock: Comprised of one or more Minerals

6.1.1. MIneral: inorganic, set crystalline structure, naturally occurring, definite chemical composition

6.1.2. Igneous

6.1.2.1. Intrusive

6.1.2.2. Extrusive

6.1.3. Sedimentary

6.1.3.1. Clastic

6.1.3.2. Chemical

6.1.4. Metamorphic

6.2. The Rock Cycle