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Earth’s Interior

Lithosphere. Upper Mantle. Asthenosphere. Mantle. Solid Inner Core. Liquid Inner Core. Crust. Earth’s Interior. Visual 2.1. Continental Plate (light). thick lithosphere beneath continents (~ 100 km). Oceanic Plate (heavy). continental crust. thin lithosphere under oceans

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Earth’s Interior

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  1. Lithosphere Upper Mantle Asthenosphere Mantle Solid Inner Core Liquid Inner Core Crust Earth’s Interior Visual 2.1

  2. Continental Plate (light) thick lithosphere beneath continents (~ 100 km) Oceanic Plate (heavy) continental crust thin lithosphere under oceans ( ~ 50 km) oceanic crust solid mantle asthenosphere ~ 500 km partially melted mantle Oceanic and Crustal Plates Visual 2.2

  3. Convection Drives the Plates Visual 2.3

  4. Locations of Earthquakes Visual 2.4

  5. Earth’s Major Plates Visual 2.5

  6. Plate Tectonics Animation Visual 2.6

  7. San Andreas Fault – Well-Known Plate Boundary Visual 2.7

  8. Map of Plates In the Western US Visual 2.8

  9. Subduction Zone Visual 2.9

  10. Time = 0 Years Fault New Fence Elastic Rebound Theory Visual 2.10

  11. Time = 40 Years (strain building) Fault New Road Old Fence Visual 2.11

  12. Time = 41 Years (strain energy released) Fault New Road Old Fence Visual 2.12

  13. San Andreas Fault Offset- 1906 S.F. EQ fence offset from fault movement fault trace Visual 2.13

  14. Magnitude vs. Ruptured Fault Length Visual 2.14

  15. Types of Faults Visual 2.15

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