plate tectonics a unifying concept for understanding earthquakes and volcanoes
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PLATE TECTONICS A UNIFYING CONCEPT FOR UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. PLANET EARTH, A UNIQUE DYNAMIC PLANET. POSITION OF TECTONIC PLATES TWO EARTH DAYS AGO. POSITION OF TECTONIC PLATES NOW. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PLATE TECTONICS
A UNIFYING CONCEPT FOR UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES
AND VOLCANOES
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
PLANET EARTH, A UNIQUE DYNAMIC PLANET
POSITION OF TECTONIC PLATES TWO EARTH DAYS AGO
POSITION OF TECTONIC PLATES NOW
SCHEMATIC MAP OF TECTONIC PLATES
EARTHQUAKES DEFINE PLATE BOUNDARIES: PACIFIC, EURASIAN, NA, SA, NASCA, CARIBBEAN,
COCOS, AND PHILIPPINES PLATES
SUBDUCTION OF CONVERGING PLATES
NORTH AMERICAN AND PACIFIC PLATES
SAN ANDREAS FAULT: BOUNDARY OF NA AND PACIFIC PLATES
SAN ANDREAS FAULT: SO. CALIFORNIA
THE CARIBBEAN TECTONIC PLATE
NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN PLATE SUBDUCTION ZONE
PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA, AND NORTH AMERICA PLATES
FAULTS: COCOS PLATE SUBDUCTION ZONE
ARABIAN, AFRICAN, ANATOLIAN, AND EURASIAN PLATES
ARABIAN PLATE
DEAD SEA RIFT ZONE
FAULT MAP: TURKEY
COLLISION OF CONVERGING PLATES
AFRICA, ARABIAN, EURASIA, AND INDIAN PLATES
ANNEX 1:MODELING THE POSITIONS AND MOVEMENTS OF THE
TECTONIC PLATES OVER TIMEFROM 255 MILLION YEARS AGO
TO 250 MILLION YEARS IN THE
FUTURE
PLATE POSITIONS: LATE PERMIAN 255 MYA
PLATE POSITIONS: LATE JURASSIC 152 MYA
PLATE POSITIONS; LATE CRETACEOUS 94 MYA
PLATE POSITIONS: MIOCENE 14 MYA
PLATE POSITIONS: LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM 18,000 YA
PLATE POSITIONS: MODERN WORLD
FUTURE WORLD: + 50 MY
FUTURE WORLD: + 250 MY