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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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1 Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

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

3 A look inside

4 Plate Boundaries

5 The Plates

6 Convection Cells

7 Hot Spots

8 Marine and Terrestrial Volcanoes

9 Subduction

10 Seafloor Spreading

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

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

13 650 Million Years Ago Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com)

14 237 Million Years Ago Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com)

15 152 Million Years Ago Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com)

16 Back to Today Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com)

17 150 Million Years in the Future Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com)

18 250 Million Years in the Future Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com)

19 Plates in Motion Plate movements from 750 MYA to Present: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tecall1_4.mov http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tecall1_4.mov

20 Plate Tectonics in Motion Motions along plate boundaries: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0804/es 0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0804/es 0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

21 The San Andreas Fault

22 Earthquake Energy MagnitudeJoules Tons of TNT Nuclear Bomb Equivalence Equivalence 42.20E+10150.00 57.10E+114750.02 62.20E+1315,0230.79 77.10E+14475,06325.00 82.20E+1615,022,833790.60 97.10E+17475,063,71225,003.30 Comparison of magnitude to energy released


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