tectonic plates

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New Zealand
... is the place where two tectonic plates meet. As a result of this, we have the Southern Alps where the plates meet and push against each other and BOTH plates have gone up. The ... Alps are in the back bone of the South Island. In the North Island the Tectonic plates do it differently - One plate goes up while the other goes under it. One result ...
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Subduction -- the birth place of a volcanic mountain range
... lighter-colored and lighter-weight granitic rock). Broken up into a number of distinct, moving tectonic plates, the lithosphere slides in constant slow- motion, driven by convection currents originating deep inside the ... are spots on earth where stationary magma plumes burn like a welder's torch at plates moving over them, creating a string of volcanoes lined up in the direction of plate ...
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Mountains formed by plate convergence
... resulted from the collision of the continents. About 50 millions years ago moving tectonic plates brought the continents of Asia and India into contact with one another. Such ... subducted into the asthenosphere. Spectacular mountains result from the collision of continental crust as tectonic plates collide, buckling and bunching continental crust along their impinging plate margins. This movement ...
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After-School
... Roll The planet Earth is always changing. In this residency, students will discover how shifting tectonic plates result in earthquakes, volcanoes and geysers, and together with glaciers and rivers, change the surface ...
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Concerning the Origin and Distribution of Rhododendrons
... uplands are created. There are three main processes, the first two occurring when the lithospheric plates of Earth converge, the third when they move apart. The highest mountains are formed when ... . Figure 3. a) Relief of southeast Asia; RER is the region of extreme relief. b) Tectonic plates; bold lines denote plate margins; arrows denote direction of motion relative to the Eurasian plate ...
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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA - Volume 1, Chapter 1
... California west of the San Andreas Fault are part of the Pacific Plate. These two plates are colliding along the deep Aleutian Trench, whereas strike-slip motions (i.e., lateral motions ... surficial deposits and that are also sometimes exposed (fig. 1.11) are diverse and reflect tectonic processes. Unconsolidated deposits (see also fig. 1.10) predominate in the Atlantic and Arctic coastal ...
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UCMP Glossary: T
... number, or any other symbol; taxa- pl. taxonomy -- The science of naming and classifying organisms. tectonic -- adj. Describing the forces that cause the movements and deformation of Earth’s crust on ... for any stiff outer covering of a unicellular protist, and usually made up of interlocking plates. dinoflagellates and diatoms are examples of protists with thecae. thorax -- In insects, the second ...
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Palaeozoic Forests
... approx. 30° N. This means that the continental plates wandered through the climatic zones. Although this is certainly an important factor, also tectonic processes have recently been discussed in relation to this ...
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