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Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics

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About Earthquakes - Univ. of Nevada Seismo Lab- descriptions and graphics of earthquakes and their effects

Birth of the Himalayas - NOVA

California Earthquake Overview - Golden State Museum - slide show of geological history of California and earthquakes 1769 to present

Continents on the Move - NOVA Hot Science - slide-style

Earth Puzzle - Scripps

Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics - NSTA - overview

Earthquakes - online general interest publication

Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics

Earthquake Accounts by Famous People - UC Santa Barbara

Earthquake Hazards on the Island of Hawaii -

How are Earthquakes Studied? - Michigan Tech Univ

How Plates Move - Univ. of North Dakota

Inside Geology - Chapter 10: Earthquakes - companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries

Inside Geology - Chapter 12: Plate Tectonics: Creating Oceans and Continents - companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries

On the Move: Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics - NASA Earth Science Enterprise

Pangea to Present - Univ. of North Dakota

Plate Tectonic Animation - Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network (ODSN)

Plate Tectonic Animation - Univ. of Utah - rotate Africa back to South America

Plate Tectonics, Their Cause - Univ. of Nevada Seismo Lab

Regional Paleogeographic Views of Earth History - Northern Arizona Univ

Rotating Globe with Plate Boundaries

The Severity of an Earthquake - measuring earthquakes

This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics - comprehensive and thorough text with photos and colorful graphics

This Dynamic Planet map - world map of volcanoes, earthquakes, impact craters, and plate tectonics (also the PDF version)

Virtual Plate Reconstructions - Univ. of Kentucky

When the Earth Moves: Seafloor Spreading & Plate Tectonics - Beyond Discovery

What on Earth is Plate Tectonics? - U.S. National Park Service &

Where Do Earthquakes Happen? - Michigan Tech Univ

Why Do Earthquakes Happen? - Michigan Tech Univ

 

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