The terrain shaped by the wind is called aeolian. Deserts and dunes are the result of deflation (exhaust) and accumulation processes, but also corrosion (wind erosion, i.e. sand grinding with wind-blown sand)…
Classification of mineral deposits The deposits are divided into three main types: magmogenic deposits hypergenic deposits metamorphogenic deposits Magmogenic deposits originate from magmatic activity. We distinguish igneous deposits , resulting from solidified…
In the Mendeleev table, we have 118 elements, of which our planet is more or less composed. Some are found in the lithosphere in large quantities, e.g. oxygen and silicon, some slightly…
Plutonism As long as magma is underground, we are talking about plutonism. Hot masses squeeze into the environment creating magmatic intrusions. We divide them into: compatible intrusions – lacolytes, sillees and lopolites…
You can read about the volcano structure, types of lava and igneous intrusions here. Types of volcanoes We generally divide the volcanoes into: effusive – lava volcanoes explosive – gas volcanoes stratovolcanoes…
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The underlying lithosphere extends from 0 m, i.e. the conventional sea level, to the bottom of the Marianne Trench 11 034 m (10 911 +/- 40 m or 10 994 m –…
The components of the seabed now it’s time for aquatic formations. Lands on Earth The lands occupy a vast minority on our planet, but for now, we are not threatened by searching…
Earth’s core is very hot, you don’t need to convince anyone. What happens to this heat and energy before they reach the surface? This is what lithosphere tectonics theory is about, among…
The earth has a spherical structure, which was deduced by a geologist from Austria Suess over a hundred years ago. However, only modern measurement methods, e.g. seismic waves, could confirm his suppositions.…