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Plate Tectonics
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NEIC Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
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- The world's earthquakes are not randomly distributed over the Earth's surface. They tend to be concentrated in narrow zones. Why is this? And why are volcanoes and mountain ranges also found in these zones, too? An explanation is to be found in plate tect...
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Plate Tectonics
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- The theory of plate tectonics has done for geology what Charles Darwin's theory of evolution did for biology. It provides geology with a comprehensive theory that explains "how the Earth works." The theory was formulated in the 1960s and 1970s a...
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Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc.
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- Tasa Earth Exchange -- high quality interactive educational software programs in the earth sciences on CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh.
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Puzzles of the Earth
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- This is a great resource for the physical geography sub-topic of Plate Tectonics, which is responsible for many of the geographical features and events found in our lives . Information is presented in an interesting format and the site also in...
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Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
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- The plates consist of an outer layer of the Earth, the lithosphere, which is cool enough to behave as a more or less rigid shell. Occasionally the hot asthenosphere of the Earth finds a weak place in the lithosphere to rise buoyantly as a plume, or hotsp...
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Savage Earth: Restless Planet
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- wNetStation, the Web site of Thirteen/WNET, presents SAVAGE EARTH ONLINE, the Web companion to the four-hour series on earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters. Highlights include animated illustrations, original articles and sidebar...
Source/Host: PBS
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Volcanoes Online - Your Ultimate Guide to Volcanoes on the Net
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- This beautifully-designed site offers an encyclopedic look at plate tectonics and volcanoes around the world. After you've explored and learned all about subduction of the earth's plates, pahoehoe lava, and famous volcanoes, try the Save the Village game....
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Middle School Earth Science Explorer
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- learn about the Earth's rock and water cycles, explore plate tectonics, geologic time, biomes, and more on this rockin' site.
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Introduction to Plate Tectonics, An
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- Welcome to the home page of the Space Geodesy Programme of the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) located North of Johannesburg in South Africa. The Space Geodesy Programme participates in global networks which uses applications of Very...
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