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Continent-Continent Collisions John Louie Geol 333 Spring 2001.

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1 Continent-Continent Collisions John Louie Geol 333 Spring 2001

2 Purpose Provide Examples of Features of Known and Suspected Continental Collisions Topographic and bathymetric images derived from Eartha Global Explorer, Copyright 1998 by DeLorme Inc., Yarmouth, Maine. www.delorme.com New Zealand example from work by Louie, Henrys, and Bannister of UNR and the Crown Institute for Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand. www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/weber/

3 Continental Collision Indian Impact

4 Continental Collision Indian Impact

5 Continental Collision Indian Impact

6 Continental Collision Arabian Impact

7 Continental Collision Italian Impact?

8 Continental Collision Iberian Impact?

9 Continental Collision Taiwan Impact?

10 Continental Collision Paleozoic Impact?

11 Continental Collision Paleozoic Impact?


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