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

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

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

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

5. Global Tectonic Plates
Figure 2.3

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

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

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

9. Typical Volcanic Hazards

10. Villarica Volcano, Chile

12. Osorno Volcano, Chile

13. Tunguhuara Volcano, Ecuador

20. Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador