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Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Course 1 - Plate Tectonics
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Layering within the Earth
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Lithospheric Plates
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Relative Plate Motions
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Keller ‘02, after Hamblin, ‘92
Global Distribution of Earthquakes
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Continental Drift
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Evidence for Continental Drift
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Break-Up of Pangaea
Source: Dietmar Muller, Sydney University
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
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Forces
Ductile Deformation
Brittle Deformation
Forces and Deformation
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Types of Plate Boundary
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Divergent Boundary
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Rate of Seafloor Spreading
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Keller, 2002
Age of the Ocean Floor
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Continental Rift
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
The Evolution of a Rift
East African Rift
Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean
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Convergent Boundaries
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Convergent Boundaries
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Convergent Boundaries
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Himalayan Orogeny
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Transform Boundaries
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Transform Boundaries
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
San Andreas FaultSan Andreas FaultW
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Strike-Slip Offsets
Modern Concepts in Earth Science
Tectonics of Asia
Molnar & Tapponnier, 1977
SUNDA PLATE
INDIAN PLATE
EURASIAN PLATE
BURMAMICROPLATE
