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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
Critical Thinking Chapter 2 Oceanography
1. How does the lithosphere of the deep-ocean basin differ from the lithosphere of the Continents?
2. What are some of the implications of the slow pace of the geological processes involved in the
rock cycle?
3. Compare and contrast the geological characteristics of the continental margins of the west and
east coast of North America.
4. Explain why oceanic crust becomes older with increasing distance from the mid-ocean ridge
system.
5. What conditions are required for violent volcanic eruptions in the continental margins?
6. Summarize the key evidence in support of the theory of plate tectonics.
7. How does land subsidence influence mean sea level in coastal areas?
8. How might investigating ultraslow divergent plate boundaries benefit our understanding of Earth
history?
9. How do turbidity currents help maintain submarine canyons?
10. Explain why a hydrothermal vent community may have a limited life expectancy (10 to 100 years
or so).
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