Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes. Our Planet Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com)

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Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

Our Planet Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (

A look inside

Plate Boundaries

The Plates

Convection Cells

Hot Spots

Marine and Terrestrial Volcanoes

Subduction

Seafloor Spreading

Plate Collisions Continental – Continental collision Himalaya Mountains Oceanic – Oceanic collision Aleutian Islands Continental – Oceanic collision Cascade Range

Our Planet (Today) Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (

650 Million Years Ago Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (

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152 Million Years Ago Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (

Back to Today Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (

150 Million Years in the Future Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (

250 Million Years in the Future Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (

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The San Andreas Fault

Earthquake Energy MagnitudeJoules Tons of TNT Nuclear Bomb Equivalence Equivalence 42.20E E E+1315, E+14475, E+1615,022, E+17475,063,71225, Comparison of magnitude to energy released