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The distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes around the world confirmed the theory of plate tectonics first proposed by Wegener. These phenomena also help categorize plate boundaries into three different types: convergent, divergent, and transform.
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This site is part of GeoNet Internet Geography, a resource for pre-collegiate British geography students and their instructors. This page focuses on earthquakes and how they occur. Topics covered include the effects of earthquakes, measuring earthquakes, and case studies about specific recent earthquakes.
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In
this
lesson,
students
will
learn
to
distinguish
the
different
layers
of
the
Earth,
observe
the
effects
of
plate
movements,
and
explore
the
reasons
for
earthquakes
and
volcanoes.
They
will
label
and
measure
the
thicknesses
of
each
layer
of
the
Earth
(lithosphere,
asthenosphere,
etc.)
and
record
their
results,
construct
models
from
sand
and
clay
to
illustrate
what
happens
at
the
three
types
of
plate
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This
lesson
introduces
students
to
the
nature
of
earthquakes
and
volcanoes.
They
will
discover
how
earthquake
intensity
is
measured,
where
earthquakes
occur
(by
studying
real-time
data),
and
what
global
patterns
exist.
During
the
course
of
this
activity,
students
will
conduct
Web
research
and
collect
online
data
to
aid
in
understanding
the
experience
of
a
real
earthquake
through
reports
of
eyewitnesses
...
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This resource presents a general introduction to earthquakes, including sections on the science, the phenomenon, and effects. It includes an animation of how earthquakes form, and footage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake near San Francisco.
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This page offers access to maps and graphics of earthquakes, active volcanoes and plate tectonics for the world, the Cascade Range , Juan de Fuca Ridge, Gorda Ridge and Axial Seamount in North America, South America, and Western Canada. The Ring of Fire is noted in some maps, and others offer data for the years 1994-1999.
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This
article,
entitled
Mountains
of
Fire,
describes
the
relationship
between
the
types
of
volcanic
activity
and
plate
movement
and
the
connection
between
types
of
volcanoes
and
how
they
erupt.
The
article
is
supported
by
a
video
of
an
erupting
volcano,
a
photograph
of
an
eruption
and
an
animation
depicting
pyroclastic
flow
and
the
formation
of
a
composite
volcano.
It
is
also
supported
by
three
sidebars,
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In
this
lesson
students
will
use
earthquake
and
volcano
data
to
explore
the
relationship
between
earthquakes,
plate
tectonics,
and
volcanoes.
This
in
an
online
project
in
which
students
use
the
Internet
to
collect
and
analyze
real-time
data.
It
includes
four
activities
in
which
they
will
plot
the
data,
look
for
patterns,
attempt
to
project
where
their
homes
might
be
located
in
a
million
years,
and
...
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Geologic
features
altered
by
earthquakes
provide
striking
evidence
of
the
power
of
seismic
events.
This
video
segment
explores
the
research
of
Dr.
Kerry
Sieh,
a
geologist
at
the
California
Institute
of
Technology,
who
is
dating
sediment
layers
broken
and
offset
by
earthquakes
in
the
past
to
determine
the
rate
at
which
strain
is
accumulating
towards
the
next
event.
The
segment
is
three
minutes
nineteen
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This site contains notes, graphics, presentations and slides for a variety of physical geology topics, including geologic maps, volcanoes, mass-wasting, ground water, landforms, rock types, fossils and evolution, glaciers, geologic time, erosion, metamorphism, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and Earth resources.
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