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Plate Motions, Gondwana Dinosaurs, Noah’s Arks, Beached ...

Plate Motions, Gondwana Dinosaurs, Noah’s Arks, Beached ...

Earth’s Interior & Plate Boundaries Packet 4visserscience.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/6/4/5964457/packet+04++earth... · Earth’s Interior & Plate Boundaries Packet 4 ... These motions

Earth’s Interior & Plate Boundaries Packet 4visserscience.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/6/4/5964457/packet+04++earth... · Earth’s Interior & Plate Boundaries Packet 4 ... These motions

Normal Faults Extensional Tectonics. Tectonic Settings for Extension Divergent plate motions Gravitational collapse –Over-thickened crust –Continental.

Normal Faults Extensional Tectonics. Tectonic Settings for Extension Divergent plate motions Gravitational collapse –Over-thickened crust –Continental.

Plate motions: fundamentals

Plate motions: fundamentals

Chapter 8 Section 2 Types of Volcanoes Key Concept: Tectonic plate motions can result in volcanic activity at plate boundaries.

Chapter 8 Section 2 Types of Volcanoes Key Concept: Tectonic plate motions can result in volcanic activity at plate boundaries.

Motions of a Floating Elastic Plate in Waves

Motions of a Floating Elastic Plate in Waves

Volcanoes Parkland High School. Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics Connection: plate motions provide the mechanisms by which mantle rocks melt to generate.

Volcanoes Parkland High School. Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics Connection: plate motions provide the mechanisms by which mantle rocks melt to generate.

7: GEODESY FOR TECTONIC STUDIESGeodesy is the science of the earth’s shape Find precise positions Monitor changes due to tectonic processes: Plate motion Plate boundary deformation

7: GEODESY FOR TECTONIC STUDIESGeodesy is the science of the earth’s shape Find precise positions Monitor changes due to tectonic processes: Plate motion Plate boundary deformation

Types of Volcanoes Key Concept: Tectonic plate motions can result in volcanic activity at plate boundaries.

Types of Volcanoes Key Concept: Tectonic plate motions can result in volcanic activity at plate boundaries.

Geologically current plate motionsGeophys. J. Int. (2010) 181, 1–80 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04491.x GJI Geodynamics and tectonics Geologically current plate motions Charles

Geologically current plate motionsGeophys. J. Int. (2010) 181, 1–80 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04491.x GJI Geodynamics and tectonics Geologically current plate motions Charles

DOCUMENT··· •DELIVERY - Geodesy · GPS-determinationofalong-strikevariation in Cascadia margin kinematics: Implications for relative plate motion, subduction zone coupling, and

DOCUMENT··· •DELIVERY - Geodesy · GPS-determinationofalong-strikevariation in Cascadia margin kinematics: Implications for relative plate motion, subduction zone coupling, and

11: ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS & HOTSPOTS

11: ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS & HOTSPOTS

Seafloor Geodesy - cddis.nasa.gov › ... › Session0 › 13-0002-Fujita.pdf · Role of Space Geodesy for earthquake research •Verifying and understanding plate tectonics –Measurement

Seafloor Geodesy - cddis.nasa.gov › ... › Session0 › 13-0002-Fujita.pdf · Role of Space Geodesy for earthquake research •Verifying and understanding plate tectonics –Measurement

RELATIVE PLATE VELOCITIES are described by...Plate motions on a sphere Euler’s Theorem, 1776 (“Oiler”) The motion of a rigid body (e.g. a plate) across the surface of a sphere

RELATIVE PLATE VELOCITIES are described by...Plate motions on a sphere Euler’s Theorem, 1776 (“Oiler”) The motion of a rigid body (e.g. a plate) across the surface of a sphere

MySciClass / Understanding Plate Motions

MySciClass / Understanding Plate Motions

PLATE MOTIONS: BASIC CONCEPTSthorne/EART118/Lecture_PDF/lecture20.pdf · because the motion of plate j with respect to plate k equals the sum of the motion of plate j with respect

PLATE MOTIONS: BASIC CONCEPTSthorne/EART118/Lecture_PDF/lecture20.pdf · because the motion of plate j with respect to plate k equals the sum of the motion of plate j with respect

The dynamics of Cenozoic and Mesozoic plate motionsarcher/deep_earth... · tant plate boundary effects are missing in our models. Future progress in understanding global plate motions

The dynamics of Cenozoic and Mesozoic plate motionsarcher/deep_earth... · tant plate boundary effects are missing in our models. Future progress in understanding global plate motions

Using GPS to monitor tectonic plate motions across the San Andreas fault in southern California

Using GPS to monitor tectonic plate motions across the San Andreas fault in southern California

ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS

ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS

11: ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS & HOTSPOTS. Relative motions between plates are most important In some applications important to consider absolute plate motions,

11: ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS & HOTSPOTS. Relative motions between plates are most important In some applications important to consider absolute plate motions,