GEOB 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Tectonic Uplift, Eurasian Plate, Indian Plate
23 Nov 2017
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Tectonic uplift indian plate converging w/ eurasian plate. Erosion ice erodes mountain to create its shape. Time total amount of time forces are e(cid:374)gagi(cid:374)g at earth"s surface, & rates balance between erosion and uplift. Latitude elevation puts snow line as part of erosion & cli(cid:373)ate, (cid:449)hether there"s isostatic compensation: climate climate drives erosion, geology kinds of rocks sitting at surface will affect erosion rate. Tectonics affects (cid:449)here there"s (cid:373)ass moving up, affects topography: 2. Topography preexisting shape of la(cid:374)dscape & (cid:449)here it"s located o(cid:374) earth, affects climate: 4. Biology where we have plants, animals and humans. Models of landscape evolution: conceptual models of lse, the davis cycle (william moris davis, all landscapes start from a trigger of uplift that moves mass from high to low elevations. Steady-state landscape location where generation of mass (uplift) = erosion rate: due to rock uplift from isostatic rebound, mountain range decay may be prolonged after cessation of tectonic uplift.
