Investigating Plate Tectonics with Google Earth Working together
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- C. California
- D. Pacific Northwest
B. Sumatra Make the Sumatra cross-section visible and Show the Elevation Profile. Mark the boundary between the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates at the Earth’s surface. Mark the location of volcanoes. 
[5] Using earthquake, bathymetry, volcano, and ocean floor age data, describe the lines of evidence that support the location you have chosen for the plate boundary. (this answer should be a paragraph long and you should be certain to back up statements you make with good explanations) Describe how the earthquake depths change from southwest to northeast. What are these earthquake locations demarcating? What is the rate of Indo-Australian Plate motion? (this can be found directly from the Plate Convergence data) What type of plate boundary is it? [5] Using the diagnostic plate boundary features that you have determined from examining the mid-Atlantic ridge, identify this same type of boundary in other places around the globe. Go the final page of this assignment and mark in blue all the boundaries that are the same type as this one. C. California Zoom in on California (there is no cross-section, just make sure that the Continental Transform Fault path is visible). The transform fault that is shown here is the famous San Andreas Fault that separates the Pacific Plate from North American Plate in this area. What type of earthquakes (shallow or deep) is associated with transform faults? [4] Where else do you find terrestrial transform boundaries? Go the final page of this assignment and mark in purple other terrestrial transform boundaries. (Hint: there are a lot less of them than the two previous types. It may help to come back to this question after doing Section E.) D. Pacific Northwest Make the Juan de Fuca cross-section visible and Show the Elevation Profile. [4] Based on what you determined in the first two sections, what type of plate boundaries do you see represented here? Mark where you think they are on the cross-section. What is your evidence for each? (explain your reasoning) 
[4] If the first two sections showed more “typical” plate boundaries, what characteristics of this area seem unusual? (explain your reasoning) [3] The convergence rate between Juan de Fuca Plate and North America? (make sure Plate Convergence path is visible) How quickly is new Juan de Fuca Plate crust being generated? (same way you did in #6) Do you think the plate is getting bigger, smaller, staying the same, or cannot be determined? Now watch the Pacific_spreading.mov animation that came in your zipped file. How would you answer #18 now? Directory: files -> NAGTWorkshops files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations NAGTWorkshops -> Main Objectives: To continue with the introduction to Arcgis 1 software, specifically working with both vector and raster spatial data in ArcMap, and creating professional-looking color map layouts in ArcMap NAGTWorkshops -> Biostratigraphic and Lithostratigraphic Correlation of Sedimentary Strata in the Atlantic Coastal Plain Introduction to the Atlantic Coastal Plain NAGTWorkshops -> Seasonal variation in light, mixing depth and primary productivity in temperate northern hemisphere waters NAGTWorkshops -> Ocean Gyre Circulation and Patterns of Global Primary Productivity NAGTWorkshops -> Using Well Logs in the Petroleum Industry NAGTWorkshops -> Gsci 100 –lab 4: The big synthesis NAGTWorkshops -> A repulsive River Comes Back by Barry Boyer NAGTWorkshops -> Common Southwest Florida Bivalve Mollusks NAGTWorkshops -> Using the Tutorial Petrographic Image Atlas for Sandstones Kitty Milliken Download 223.95 Kb. Share with your friends:
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