Oceanography, notes, ocean, sea, continetal shelf, margin, rise, width, depth, temperature inversion, horizontal, vertical, minerals, polymetallic nodules, guyot, abyssal plain, poles, equator, latitude, surface Oceanography: Relief features Continental Margin Ocean Floor Basin Oceanic ridge Trench CONTINENTAL MARGIN: Continental Shelf – The continental plate which is partly submerged under the water. The shelf has a slope […]
Geomorphology: Rocks
Geomorphology, rock, rock cycle, geography, geography notes, weathering, erosion, mass movement, earth, relief features, igneous, metamorphic, sedimenatry ROCKS Sum or aggregate of one or more minerals is termed as rock. Especially feldspar and quartz are two common minerals which are generally found in the rocks. The scientific study of rocks is called Petrology. Feldspar: Si […]
Geomorphology: Making of Earth
Geomorphology, earth, books for gepgraphy, tips for preparation of upsc, upsc preparation startegy, books for ias, books for upsc, about upsc GEOMORPHOLOGY Making of Earth Following theories have been proposed: Continental Drift Theory It was given by Alfred Wegner in 1912. Approach: The terrestrial land found on this Earth in the form of different continents […]