Starta Vocanoes vs. Shield Valcanoes

   


Strata Volcanoes vs. Shield Volcanoes. Starta Volcanoes are shaped like a cone while Shield Volcanoes are round. They have they're differences but one of the biggest Strata Volcanoes are characterized by eruptions of lava that is more viscous while Shield Volcanoes generally erupt fluid basaltic lava.

Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream is together with the Northern extention towards Europe, the North Atlantic Drift, is powerful and its also warm. Ocean currents originates at the tip of Florida and it follows the eastern coastlines of the U.S. and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Also the Gulf Stream inluences the climate of the east coast of North America from Florida to the Newfoundland and the west coast of Europe.

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Gulf Currents

Other experts say that the oil is already there—satellite images show oil caught up in one of the eddies, or powerful whorls, attached to the Loop Current, a high-speed stream that pulses north into the Gulf of Mexico and travels in a clockwise pattern toward Florida.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100518-gulf-mexico-oil-spill-loop-current-science-environment/

PLATE TECTONICS

Plate Tectonics is a fascinating story of continents drifting majestically from place to place breaking apart, colliding, and grinding against each other; of terrestrial mountain ranges rising up like rumples in rugs being pushed together; of oceans opening and closing and undersea mountain chains girdling the planet like seams on a baseball; of violent earthquakes and fiery volcanoes. Plate Tectonics describes the intricate design of a complex, living planet in a state of dynamic flux.


http://www.platetectonics.com/