Author Question: What happens if some of the above water portion of an iceberg melts? What will be an ideal ... (Read 66 times)

ssal · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

What happens if some of the above water portion of an iceberg melts? What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What are terranes? What will be an ideal response?

recede · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 15, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The iceberg rises higher in the water due to the principle of isostasy.

Answer to Question 2

Terranes are fragments of seamounts, island arcs, and small pieces of continents that were carried on
oceanic plates that collided with continental plates and then were added to the continental margins