Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Karan Wittman Andrus Elementary Meridian, Idaho.

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Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Karan Wittman Andrus Elementary Meridian, Idaho

Plate Tectonics Major Plate Map

Global Distribution of Earthquakes Plate Tectonics

Ring of Fire Map

Convection Cells and Subduction Zones Plate Tectonics

Plate Boundaries Plate Tectonics

Divergent Plate Boundary

Plate Tectonics Subduction Zone Oceanic Plate Sliding Under Oceanic Plate Oceanic Plate

Plate Tectonics Volcanoes Form Above the Subductioon Zones Oceanic Plate

Plate Tectonics Subduction Zone Oceanic Plate Sliding Under Crustal Plate

Plate Tectonics Transform Fault Divergent Ridge

Plate Tectonics Volcanoes Associated With Subduction Zones

Strike-Slip Reverse Fault Normal

Strike-slip Fault Example

1906 San Francisco Earthquake Strike-slip Fault Example

Dixie Valley-Fairview Peaks, Nevada earthquake December 16, 1954 Normal Fault Example

Hebgen Lake Fault, Montana 1959

Normal Fault Example Borah Peak Earthquake Scarp 1983

Reverse Fault Example

Seismic Waves P Wave S Wave

Northridge, CA 1994 Earthquake Effects - Ground Shaking

Loma Prieta, CA 1989 KGO-TV News ABC-7 Earthquake Effects - Ground Shaking

Kobe, Japan 1995 Earthquake Effects - Ground Shaking

Building collapse in the City of Tungshih, China 1999

Landers, CA 1992 Earthquake Effects - Ground Shaking

Reverse Offset of 9.3 Meters Through Right Abutment of Shihkang Dam, China 9.3 meters Relative Movement of Reverse Fault Earthquake Effects - Ground Shaking

The San Andreas Fault Pacific-North American Plate Boundary