Dynamic Planet B/C

[y1008083]

Do anyone of you know how to calculate for isostasy and links for isostacy? Thanks!

[OrigamiPlanet]

Do anyone of you know how to calculate for isostasy and links for isostacy? Thanks!

Calculating isostasy is really difficult. I can post you a link to it, but it seems awfully complicated... There's two forms of isostasy, so you might want to investigate that.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ecalais/teac ... avity5.pdf

[OrigamiPlanet]

By chance, does anyone know a decent textbook to get for dynamic planet? I've looked at some, but they seem pricey and I want to know if there's a cheaper, but still efficient alternative.

[knottingpurple]

Do anyone of you know how to calculate for isostasy and links for isostacy? Thanks!

Based on the types of (Airy) isostasy problems I'd seen on previous tests, I wrote a bunch of practice problems for a camp over the summer which you can find at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m_3 ... sp=sharing if they make any sense?

Also, https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/ ... sp=sharing were the slides I used to teach the topic initially, but I guess it's not as useful without somebody explaining what the slides mean... and even with explanations a lot of people struggled with it, so it's a hard topic, it's reasonable if you can't understand it initially.

[fffurious]

What's a good way to format your notes for this event? I've only ever happened to do events with 1-page note sheets, and I'm wondering what the best way to organize notes for this is.

[OrigamiPlanet]

What's a good way to format your notes for this event? I've only ever happened to do events with 1-page note sheets, and I'm wondering what the best way to organize notes for this is.

A good starting outline would be to just have each of the letters down as a header - if you start to see a lot of information for one specific part in the category, make a subheader for that. Keep it simple, don't make it too sophisticated and complicated.

[knottingpurple]

What's a good way to format your notes for this event? I've only ever happened to do events with 1-page note sheets, and I'm wondering what the best way to organize notes for this is.

A good starting outline would be to just have each of the letters down as a header - if you start to see a lot of information for one specific part in the category, make a subheader for that. Keep it simple, don't make it too sophisticated and complicated.

Definitely having notes on each of the subtopics - and knowing where to find each of those subtopics on your notes sheet - is really useful. I find that later in the season I know a lot of the basic stuff for each topic, so I don't need it on the notes sheet, and that makes it more organised. And then any leftover space in your 4 pages I would devote to lots of diagrams, because labelling of layers of the earth and basins and tectonic plates and all sorts of things does come up.

[jonathanzhang53]

Is an aulacogen considered a sedimentary/tectonic basin?

[OrigamiPlanet]

Is an aulacogen considered a sedimentary/tectonic basin?

From what I know, an aulacogen can BECOME a tectonic basin, but I wouldn't necessarily think that it itself is a tectonic basin.

[shamu111]

Could someone clarify the use of the Gutenberg Discontinuity for me? I thought it was used to define the core mantle boundary, but this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithosphe ... e_boundary) says it is also close to the lithosphere asthenosphere boundary. These two (Core mantle and lithosphere asthenosphere) do not appear to be near one another at all, unless I am missing something here.