DEFORMACIN DE LA CORTEZA

CONTINENTAL
 CORTEZA

Continental Ocenica

Palabras clave: (1) corteza continental (2) corteza ocenica

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The lithosphere (from the Greek for "rocky" sphere) is the solid part of the Earth and is
made up of the top of the upper mantle and the continental (under the continents) and
oceanic (under the ocean) crust. The lithosphere is approximately 100km thick and the
thickness is an indication of its age. Foto: from Glencoe text, Earth Science.

5Km
65Km

Cross - Section of the Lithosphere

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 Foto: from www.jfvc.wordpress.com

Age of ocean basins

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The highly deformed and metamorphosed rocks in the Canadian Shield indicate that
intense orogenic (mountain-building) episodes took place in Precambrian times, before
conditions stabilized (from Press & Siever 2000).

B. Rosas
Stable craton or geological shield areas older than 2.5 million atomic years.

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Precambrian geological formation in the Brazilian Shield: Mesoproterozoic
quartzites of Espinhao Supergroup

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 OROGENIA

SUBDUCCIN COLISIN

Palabras clave: (3) orogenia (4) colisin

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OROGENIA POR COLISIN

B. Rosas
OROGENIA POR COLISIN

B. Rosas
OROGENIA POR COLISIN

B. Rosas
 OROGENIA POR COLISIN

Himalaya

Alpes
EPIROGNESIS

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