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Plate Tectonics
... provides a brief overview of the theories behind it. The history behind Plate Tectonics The mechanisms driving Plate Tectonics Plate tectonics animations Quicktime version AVI version Animated gifs Last 750 million years: ... with the modern theory of plate tectonics. Here is a modest sample: The Paleomap project at the University of Texas at Arlington. Plate Tectonics Lesson, from Volcano World ...
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu

FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA - Volume 1, Chapter 1
... today. Tectonic Geology of North America The movement of continents as a result of plate tectonics has led to their present configurations and has resulted in most mountain-building (orogeny) ... the subduction (phenomenon whereby the lighter oceanic plate is driven underneath the denser continental plate along their collision front) of the Pacific Plate. A large meteoric impact may have occurred at ...
hua.huh.harvard.edu

On Location Aboard Alvin: Classroom Activities
... the ocean floor in Ocean Soundings. How are volcanoes and deep sea vents related? Explore plate tectonics in Hot Stuff! Alvin 2000 Start Page | Project Overview About Alvin | About Hydrothermal Vents Meet ...
octopus.gma.org

Gwyneth Jones's Web Page - BCC
... 8 main "themes", each lasting approximately one week: (A) Introduction to the ocean sciences; (B) Plate tectonics and seafloor geography; (C) Sediments, coasts, and beaches; (D) Seawater physics and chemistry; (E) Atmospheric ...
scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu

Tree of Life Links: Evolution & Earth History
... . This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics. U.S. Geological Survey. Exploring the Earth. "Real Time" demonstrations of fundamental Earth processes. University of Utah. Global Plate Tectonics and Paleogeography. Regional paleogeographic views of ...
tolweb.org

LIVING FOSSILS AT PALOMAR COLLEGE
... were united into an enormous supercontinent named Pangea (approximately 200 million years ago). Evidence from plate tectonics shows that large plates of the earth's crust are slowly moving, resulting in today ...
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Continental Drift & Plant Distribution
... of the oceans have changed over time. Wegener's hypothesis led to the science of plate tectonics, where scientists study the gradual movement of large plates of the earth's crust ... shown in Figure D. The widespread distribution of certain plant groups correlates rather nicely with plate tectonics. For example, there are three families of cycads, the Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae, which ...
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Lecture Links
... 3 Overheads for Week 3 Regional Paleogeographic Views of Earth's History Paleomap Project Plate Tectonics Animation (UC Berkeley) Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Ice Homepage Two articles on paleoclimatic shifts: Dynesius and Jansson, 2000 ...
www.biosci.ohio-state.edu

Lecture 9 Links
... a particular era). To learn more about plate tectonics, and to download some quicktime movies on continental drift, check out UC Berkeley's Natural History Museum: Plate Tectonics. To find out what the plants ...
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Canary Islands Glossary
... giving birth to the oceans or they get closer originating mountains or insular arches. The plate tectonics is the discipline studying such movements and their results. Population = Total number of inhabitants belonging ...
www.canaryislandflora.com

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