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Mapping Earth Systems: The Earth is a System of Systems

Mapping Earth Systems: The Earth is a System of Systems. Don Duggan-Haas The Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth. A comparison of maps…. Viewing these maps in a way that allows for rapid switching between maps highlights the interaction of Earth systems.

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Mapping Earth Systems: The Earth is a System of Systems

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  1. Mapping Earth Systems:The Earth is a System of Systems Don Duggan-Haas The Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth

  2. A comparison of maps… • Viewing these maps in a way that allows for rapid switching between maps highlights the interaction of Earth systems. • As you view the set of maps, consider the interaction of Earth systems. How does one system influence another? Watch the Snake River Plain (the U shaped feature largely in Idaho) as you switch between maps. What do you see? Can you find other features that seem to appear across multiple maps? • Click on the thumbnails to move from map to map.

  3. Bedrock Geology

  4. Elevation

  5. Precipitation

  6. January Temperatures

  7. July Temperatures

  8. Biomes Click here for key

  9. Biomes Remove key

  10. Population Density (By Counties)

  11. Night Lights

  12. Soil Moisture Regimes

  13. Image Sources • Bedrock Geology: USGS Map Store • https://store.usgs.gov/yimages/PDF/28887.pdf • Elevation: USGS Map Store • https://store.usgs.gov/yimages/PDF/114587.pdf • Precipitation and January & July Temperature Maps: PRISM • http://prism.oregonstate.edu/products/matrix.phtml?vartype=tmax&view=maps • Biomes: Internet Archive of U of Tennessee Knoxville Botany 120 Lecture • http://web.archive.org/web/20080214011554/http://fp.bio.utk.edu/botany120lect/Biomes/biomemap.htm • Population Density: US Census • http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/512popdn.pdf • Night Lights: Astronomy Picture of the Day. • http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0007/usanight_dmsp_big.gif • Soil Moisture Regimes: USDA • http://soils.usda.gov/use/thematic/images/drought_1_gen_area_map.jpg

  14. ReaL Earth Systems Science Project Websites

  15. Download this file as a PowerPoint presentation. • http://virtualfieldwork.org/downloadabledocs/EarthSystems.ppt

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