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PLATE TECTONICS A UNIFYING CONCEPT FOR UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES

PLATE TECTONICS A UNIFYING CONCEPT FOR UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. PLANET EARTH, A UNIQUE DYNAMIC PLANET. POSITION OF TECTONIC PLATES TWO EARTH DAYS AGO. POSITION OF TECTONIC PLATES NOW.

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PLATE TECTONICS A UNIFYING CONCEPT FOR UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES

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  1. PLATE TECTONICSA UNIFYING CONCEPT FOR UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. PLANET EARTH, A UNIQUE DYNAMIC PLANET

  3. POSITION OF TECTONIC PLATES TWO EARTH DAYS AGO

  4. POSITION OF TECTONIC PLATES NOW

  5. SCHEMATIC MAP OF TECTONIC PLATES

  6. EARTHQUAKES DEFINE PLATE BOUNDARIES: PACIFIC, EURASIAN, NA, SA, NASCA, CARIBBEAN, COCOS, AND PHILIPPINES PLATES

  7. SUBDUCTION OF CONVERGING PLATES

  8. NORTH AMERICAN AND PACIFIC PLATES

  9. SAN ANDREAS FAULT: BOUNDARY OF NA AND PACIFIC PLATES

  10. SAN ANDREAS FAULT: SO. CALIFORNIA

  11. THE CARIBBEAN TECTONIC PLATE

  12. NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN PLATE SUBDUCTION ZONE

  13. PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA, AND NORTH AMERICA PLATES

  14. FAULTS: COCOS PLATE SUBDUCTION ZONE

  15. ARABIAN, AFRICAN, ANATOLIAN, AND EURASIAN PLATES

  16. ARABIAN PLATE

  17. DEAD SEA RIFT ZONE

  18. FAULT MAP: TURKEY

  19. COLLISION OF CONVERGING PLATES

  20. AFRICA, ARABIAN, EURASIA, AND INDIAN PLATES

  21. ANNEX 1:MODELING THE POSITIONS AND MOVEMENTS OF THE TECTONIC PLATES OVER TIME FROM 255 MILLION YEARS AGO TO 250 MILLION YEARS IN THE FUTURE

  22. HEAT FLOW, CONVECTION CUR-RENTS POWER PLATE MOVEMENT

  23. PLATE POSITIONS: LATE PERMIAN 255 MYA

  24. PLATE POSITIONS: LATE JURASSIC 152 MYA

  25. PLATE POSITIONS; LATE CRETACEOUS 94 MYA

  26. PLATE POSITIONS: MIOCENE 14 MYA

  27. PLATE POSITIONS: LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM 18,000 YA

  28. PLATE POSITIONS: MODERN WORLD

  29. FUTURE WORLD: + 50 MY

  30. FUTURE WORLD: + 250 MY

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