Talk:Intraplate deformation

Logan Adams' Review

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• The page looks great overall. I would add at least one more section that describes a place(not Tibet) where this occurs. You have really good information on the subject. You should find more sources as well. it seems like a topic that could be debated unless supported by proper references. Sorry for the very brief review... My review's keep getting deleted from your page.

The page looks good to me. The image you made on "Paint" is pretty good, not as good as mine, but definitely better than Oliver's. In your caption of the picture I would provide more details and explanation. Also describe what the symbols stand for, since not everyone understands basic geology symbology. You should reference one of Webb's papers if there's something you can fit in when talking about the Himalayas. You could possibly provide one more example of an area of large scale intraplate deformation. -John Martin (jantho6)

Suggested Edits for Intraplate Deformation by Austin Bennett

I'll divide this by section for easier reference.

Overview Section

"Intraplate deformation is the folding" you may want to capitalize "Deformation" here

"The theory of plate tectonics is the dominant" you may want to double check this but I think "Theory of Plate Tectonics" should all be capitalized, and you may want to have the link include "Theory of" and not just be "Plate Tectonics"

Ways the Crust can Deform

You may want to brainstorm other titles for this section. Maybe: "Crustal Deformation Processes"

"An example of a an area with reverse faults" remove the "a" before the "an area" This section has a lot of uncited information. While it all seems to be general geologic knowledge, you want to try to cite every sentence to add weight to your statements. Citing these sentences will also allow you to bulk of your references list. You can cite the textbook if necessary, or maybe some of the papers we've looked at this semester that give definitions of various faults.

Types of Plate Boundaries Leading to Deformation

Again this title is a little lengthy. Maybe consider: "Crustal Deformation at Plate Boundaries"

There needs to be a period at the end of "An example of this is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge"

"resulting in destruction of the subducted crust" I'm not sure if "destruction" is the best word to use here, maybe: "sinking," "melting," or "reabsorption" but up to you, this is just nitpicking

"continental crust. an example of this tectonic setting" New sentence needs to be capitalized

In the sections where you give case examples of which kind of plate boundary, it may be good to add dates on when these occurred (such as the uplift of some of the mountain chains you listed). Again this would give you a chance to expand your references list and add some good data to the article. This wouldn't apply to every case you list so be careful.

Intraplate Deformation in Tibet

You may want to look for articles in wikipedia that you can link many of the proper nouns in this section to. Links to articles for any of the terranes, suture zones, and ophiolites.

Article Wide Comments

1. Good job on significant background in the first part of the article.

2. I would try to link as many proper nouns to other wikipedia articles as possible. Especially anything related to geology; if you can find wiki articles on any of the faults or plate boundaries you define I would link those

3. You can significantly expand your references list. Research on this area still has a lot of controversy and opposing hypotheses tied up in it. You should have at least one citation for every sentence, and some sentences especially in the last section could have 3 to 5 citations per sentence. For this article I think 10 to 15 references would be appropriate. You can also try to find old hypotheses about crustal deformation in the area and point out that new evidence proved that these were incorrect. Again this will help you bulk up your article with references.

4. In the last section, try to include a little for information on what kind of data analysis was used to draw hese conclusions. If geochemical data was involved, mention what isotopes were analyzed. If field mapping was involved, mention that. Every fact discussed should include the data analysis technique used to prove the fact, and all of this should be cited with one or more references.

Jacob G. 2nd Review

• Introduction then table of contents...unless it isn't mandatory.
• What do you mean by intraplate deformation brings another dimension to plate tectonic theory? I think you can word this in a different way where your point comes across better. Basically restate the first two sentences of the crustal deformation section there.
• Introduce ductile and brittle, explain ductile and brittle, and then explain the role temperature and pressure have on them. I don't know how important that whole part is if you are focusing on intraplate deformation though.

Overall I liked your topic. It was to the point and concepts were introduced in a logical way. I just wish there were more examples you could give. Maybe a chart highlighting other evidence of intrapplate deformation around the world. It doesn't have to be original either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgross2atLSU (talk • contribs) 21:08, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Dustin B. 2nd Review

• You have the heading Intraplate Deformation twice. If you remove the second one it should bring the introduction above your table of contents like most wiki pages have. Also you capitalized Deformation in one heading but not the other.

• Figure 1 is not labeled. You labeled figure 2 and 3 so it wasn't too hard to figure out which one it was.

• I think it would be a good idea to add to the introduction by explaining how it brings another aspect to plate tectonic theory.DBoyd13 (talk) 23:03, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Tara's Review

Your first section is scattered. You try to address too many topics at hand with not enough information. Each sentence sees to address a different aspect. I suggest that you separate into "What is crustal deformation?", "What controls crustal deformation?", and "How do we recognize crustal deformation?", and "What can crustal deformation tell us about plate tectonics processes?" This format may even be a good way to organize the entirety of your page.

> Link to pages that explain geologically what "brittle", "ductile", "compressional", "extensional", "Tibetan Plateau", "shortening", "accommodation zone", "right-lateral", "left-lateral", "reactivated fault", "rifting/break-up"

> your links to the types of faults and plate boundaries need to be redone. Make sure that the words for the link are grammatically correct and go with the flow of your article.

> Although the "Tibetan plateau" is formal name,it is also a formal geographic location and should thus be capitalize --> "Tibetan Plateau"

> This lateral extrusion is one of many hypotheses. You might want to say that it is still debated

You need to reorganize your North America section. Separate out glacial bits and the New Madrid stuff. Otherwise, it seems that you are just jumping around to random topics at hand.

> Do not capitalize "glacial" in "glacial isostatic adjustment" or "ice" in "ice age"

> Link to the last ice age, the Wisconsonian Ice Age http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_glaciuation

> specify maybe that these glaciers were continental ice sheets rather than alpine glacier kind

> How far did these ice sheets extend down into North America? So, with that, it would make more sense as to why you are getting greater uplift in certain northern latitudes rather than more southerly latitudes. You failed to explain this tidbit.

> Where is the New Madrid Seismic Zone? You never mention where it is in the U.S. in your article, even though your image does have state names on it. Instead of referring to the Figure, just tell us where it is.

Overall, this a well-written article that needs a bit more information to be considered a detailed and informative article. I do not see the relation to all of the Deformation examples, except that they are kind of randomly chosen. Organize these to perhaps let the reader know why you chose to introduce these case examples to us. Also, you kind of need a third part of your article to tell us how all of these will help the readers understand plate tectonics a bit more! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terranova274 (talk • contribs) 16:57, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

This article needs removed from the main page

Is this page just the round file? This article does not mention what the main page says; and it is still on the main page. The article's authors did not correctly synthesize the information from their sources, so just making the old version is not good enough. This needs removed from the front page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.131.23 (talk) 06:46, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

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