(See related pages)
Below you will find links to a number of interesting web sites with information about Plate Tectonics.
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| The Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics | ||
| A very good general overview of the Theory of Plate Tectonics and its historical development from the United States Geological Survey. ( http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html ) | ||
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| Tectonic Plate Motion | ||
| NASA wewbsite describing a precise, space-based method for determining plate motions across the Earth. ( http://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/926/slrtecto.html ) | ||
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| Plate Tectonic Reconstructions of Earth | ||
| A series of maps and globe views of Earth during different intervals of geologic time. The maps are based on reconstructions of continental positions using principles of Plate Tectonics. ( http://vishnu.glg.nau.edu/rcb/globaltext.html ) | ||
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| PALEOMAP Project | ||
| Plate Tectonic reconstructions of Earth during different time intervals. ( http://www.scotese.com/Default.htm ) | ||
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| Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Service | ||
| If you don't like the other map products on this list, here's a website where you can make your own! Enter a time interval of Earth's history, choose your projection, customize some other features, and GO! ( http://www.odsn.de/odsn/services/paleomap/paleomap.html ) | ||
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| Plate Motion Calculator | ||
| A computer program to calculate rates of plate motions provided by the Ocean Floor Geotectonics Research Group at the University of Tokyo. ( http://triton.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~intridge/pmc/plate_motion.html ) | ||
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| Tethyan Plate Tectonics | ||
| Web site devoted to the study and understanding of the world before and during Pangea. ( http://www-sst.unil.ch/research/plate_tecto/index.htm ) | ||
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| Digital Tectonic Activity Map | ||
| Digital map of the world showing areas of principal tectonic activity. ( http://denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/dtam/ ) | ||
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| Finite Elelment Modeling of Tectonics | ||
| Reconstructions and animations of the tectonic history of western North America from Dr. Peter Bird, UCLA. ( http://element.ess.ucla.edu/ ) | ||
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| Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker: You Try It! | ||
| Now, you can be the "unseen hand" of Plate Tectonics! Try it (requires Shockwave player) ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/# ) | ||
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