Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes Map Projects Plate Tectonics Earthquakes Volcanoes Slides For Next Class: Read Chapter 2 (pp. 56-63)

Geological Environment Connections between inner Earth and surface landscape features Part of the framework for understanding human settlement patterns

Plate Tectonics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-HwPR_4mP4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrXAGY1dmE

Plate Tectonics Slow-moving geologic plates Heat exchange: convection cells Figure 2.2

Global Tectonic Plates Figure 2.3

San Andreas Fault Zone Coastal California faces a threat of a major earthquake Figure 2.4

Geologic Hazards Compare Figure 2.7 to Figure 2.3. What associations are evident between these two maps? Figure 2.3

Tectonic Disasters 1991 Mt Pinatubo Eruption Figure 2.6 Figure 2.8 1991 Mt Pinatubo Eruption January 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Typical Volcanic Hazards

Villarica Volcano, Chile

Osorno Volcano, Chile

Tunguhuara Volcano, Ecuador

Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador