2 Plate Tectonics. Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics Theory of plate tectonics “Plate Tectonics” explains why the plates of the earth are moving. The main.
Seismology 101 Revamp Current slides, with snapshots of in-progress animations, and narration or suggested update notes.
Earth Systems Caleb Oswalt 1 st period. Theory- the world was made up of a single continent through most of geologic time. That continent eventually separated.
Reading the Tectonic Plate Map. pic Divergent Boundary: Where plates are spreading apart. Plates move away from each other as new rock is formed between.
Alfred Wegener (1880-1930). Mid Atlantic Ridge Mid Ocean Ridge System.
Plate Tectonics. Continental drift: An idea before its time Alfred Wegener First proposed his continental drift hypothesis in 1915 Published The Origin.
Plate Tectonics Continental Drift. Historical Landmass Locations.
Plate tectonics. Continent-continent collisions.
Plate Tectonics Sir Francis Bacon 1620: –“It appears that South America and Africa fit together” Antonio Snyder published a sketch in 1655 showing S.A.
EARTHQUAKES Earthquakes Where Earthquakes Occur How Earthquakes Happen Volcanoes and Earthquakes.
IMPACT ON THE landscape FROM TECTONIC ACTIVITY.. Intrusion is the movement of magma from underground into spaces in the rock strata, once this magma has.
Global Plate Tectonics n Plate Tectonics = Sea Floor Spreading + Continental drift n These two concepts came from separate sets of observations n The Plate.
