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Information on plate tectonics Links to publications on plate tectonics. (Score: 1.000)

This dynamic Earth: the story of plate tectonics Online booklet giving an introduction to the concept of plate tectonics and complements the information on the map This Dynamic Planet published in 1994 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Smithsonian Institiution. (Score: 1.000)

This dynamic planet: World map of volcanoes, earthquakes, impact craters, and plate tectonics Online world map with booklet (PDF format) giving an account of plate tectonics, volcanology, earthquake activity, and impact craters. (Score: 1.000)

San Andreas Fault Online booklet on the San Andreas fault system on the California coastal region with discussion of faults, relationship of faults and earthquakes, magnitude of earthquakes, and earthquake probability. (Score: 0.522)

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About tectonophysics:

Definition: Branch of geophysics that deals with the forces responsible for movements in, and deformation of, the Earth’s crust. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]