Tectonics Geology Earth Sciences

Tectonics Geology Earth Sciences

Tectonics

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- Describes how investigators pursuing basic questions in ocean and terrestrial science gradually arrived at an understanding of how the planet's crust works.
- Information from the British Geological Survey.
- Dedicated to teaching the theory of plate tectonics.
- Plate model and database allow users to make reconstructions from 750 Ma to present. From the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.
- A collection of web goodies on plate tectonics reconstructions; links, research, animations, movies, and software.
- New Zealand ranks among the most active seismic places on earth: earthquakes occur there frequently and continuously. Detailed information with images, references, links, and books to buy.
- Resources for students in geology and geophysics, including lectures notes, slide show and virtual field trips. Topics include structural geology, tectonics, and geology of granite.
- NSF funded program which tries to understand the complex interplay of processes that govern the evolution of continental margins by a multidisciplinary approach, including seismicity and subduction processes.
- Web server for making on-line plate tectonic reconstructions. Includes access to paleomagnetic data and analyses.
- Database containing information on the contemporary tectonic stress state (e.g. orientation and magnitude) in the Earth's crust. Users can request customized stress maps for selected regions.
- View of the planet Earth from the USGS.
- Archive of articles and graphical data related to plate tectonics.
- Tectonic modeling with finite elements: programs, publications, figures, and abstracts by Peter Bird of UCLA
- PhD thesis on the active tectonics of Northeast Altai in central Asia focusing on structural geology, paleostress analysis, seismics and radon gas geochemistry.

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