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What is Physical Geology all about?

What is Physical Geology all about?. Physical Geology examines the. Earth materials, Earth processes, Earth’s surface morphology, Earth’s internal structure, Earth evolution, Earth resources and Earth environment. ... so as to understand and solve the problems related to.

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What is Physical Geology all about?

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  1. What isPhysicalGeologyall about?

  2. Physical Geology examines the ... • Earth materials, • Earth processes, • Earth’s surface morphology, • Earth’s internal structure, • Earth evolution, • Earth resources and • Earth environment.

  3. ... so as to understand and solve the problems related to ... • Earth hazards, e.g., earthquakes, volcanism, tsunamis etc. • Earth environment, e.g., global warming, climate change, floods, hurricanes, aridity etc., and • Earth resources, e.g., the impen-ding energy crisis.

  4. Science is a continuous quest for the basic rules that apply equally all over the universe. Rationalism (formal structural proof) Postula - Postulational tional The Scientific method Scientific Self - Self- evident truth method evident truth Interpretative ideas Empirical or observable data Literary Literary Untested opinion Untested opinion Existentialism (informal process) No proposal or idea is scientific, therefore, unless it is amenable to falsification. But the experimentation often needed for such a quest is seldom available in the geological sciences.

  5. How does geology solve this problem? • Distinguish law from postulate and theory. • Linearize, e.g., using the radiometric decay principle to date geo-logical past. • Seek independent evidences, e.g., gravity, seismicity and geomag-netism to map earth’s internal structure.

  6. Earth, the “Third Rock from Sun” is also called the “Lonely Planet” because, to our knowledge as yet, earth is the only planet with evidence of life and it is water that creates this uniqueness.

  7. This uniqueness comes from two cycles that define the Earth ... • hydrological cycle; • and • plate tectonics.

  8. Ocean Storage 1,370,000,000km3 Evaporation 60,000 km3 Precipitation 95,000 km3 Evaporation 320,000 km3 Precipitation 285,000 km3 Run-off: 35,000 km3 A conceptual look at the hydrological cycle

  9. Whole Earth Earth’s Crust Universe HydrogenHelium Oxygen Carbon Nitrogen Silicon Neon Magnesium Iron Sulphur Aluminum Calcium Nickel Sodium Argon Chromium Phosphorous Manganese Chlorine Potassium Other elements HHe O C N Si Ne Mg Fe S Al Ca Ni Na Ar Cr P Mn Cl K 29.8 15.6 13.9 33.3 1.5 1.8 2.0 0.2 1.9 74.50023.840 0.8200 0.3750 0.0910 0.0830 0.0550 0.0570 0.1040 0.0380 0.0066 0.0074 0.0092 0.0033 0.0030 0.0032 0.0009 0.0011 0.0006 0.0003 46.6 27.7 2.1 5.0 8.1 3.6 2.8 2.6 1.5 The whole earth is richer in Fe, Mg and Ni, and poorer in Si, K and Al, than what is found on the earth’s surface. Crust Mantle Rocky Outer core Core Metallic Inner core Whole Earth density = 5.5 gm/cm3 Density of the crust = 2.7 gm/cm3

  10. The principle of superposition of strata: In an undisturbed succession of layers, the one at the bottom is the oldest.

  11. Mount Annapoorna, 26,545 ft (8,091 m) Present is the key to the past, i.e., the geological processes today are the same as they have always been.

  12. Bibi ka Makbara, Aurangabad

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