Earth Sci. 11 – Plate Tectonics

January 20, 2015

EasyBib – use this online resource to create your bibliography

Global Issues in Context

Gale Virtual Reference Books

Science in Context
WebPath Express
World Book Advanced
World History in Context

Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics Virtual Lab

The Earth, 250 Million Years Ago
– interactive map game from NASA

Global Tectonic and Volcanic Activity of the Last One Million Years
– NASA site – click on map for more info

Plate Tectonic Animations – USGS site

Plate Tectonics
– world map with boundaries; diagrams for convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries

Plate Tectonics  – National Geographic site

Plate Tectonics – NASA

Plate Tectonics and Sea-Floor Spreading Maps and Graphics
– plate tectonic maps from USGS

Tectonic Plate Motion
– NASA site; scroll down to map below “Introduction” and click on continent you want

Major Earthquakes

July 1973,   January and December 1981
May 1986;   May 1990;   December 1992;    April and July 1995
July and November 2000;   October 2001;    January 2003;    May 2010

Earthquake Lists and Maps
– earthquakes from 1990 – present
– excellent resource

Historic World Earthquakes
– list of selected earthquakes around the world in reverse chronological order, dating back to 856 A.D.
– scroll down to bottom to sort by date/magnitude, etc

History of Deadly Earthquakes – BBC
– brief description of major earthquakes dating back to 1906

Seismo Links – links by region, real-time, etc.

This Dynamic Planet
– “World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics”

Top Ten Earthquakes and Volcanoes
– list of earthquake statistics by categories

Volcanoes

Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

Fatal Attraction of Volcanoes – brief article from NASA

Terrestrial Volcanoes

Volcano Hazards Program from USGS – scroll down for links

Volcanoes – different types 

Volcanoes – Windows to the Universe – different types

Volcanoes: a Peek into our Planet’s Plumbing

Volcanoes – Can We Predict Eruptions

Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes
– National Geographic site “Forces of Nature”
– includes interactive tool – to create your own tornado!

World’s Deadliest Volcanoes – NOAA

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