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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics. Earth is divided into 15 plates, about 100 km thick, floating on the Earth's surface on molten magma. D o the continents fit like a puzzle?. The West African coastline and the East coast of South America Northeast Africa and Arabian peninsula. © F-Secure Corporation.

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Plate Tectonics

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  1. Plate Tectonics Earth is divided into 15 plates, about 100 km thick, floating on the Earth's surface on molten magma. Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  2. Do the continents fit like a puzzle? The West African coastline and the East coast of South America Northeast Africa and Arabian peninsula © F-Secure Corporation Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  3. According to Tectonic Plate Theory; • Once all continents were compressed into one. Pangaea("all lands") • Over time they drifted apart into their current positions. • Try fitting it yourself (Hit the green button) Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  4. How do scientists measure continental drift? Radio telescopes at different sites investigate the motion of the Earth’s tectonic plates. See more Very Long Baseline Interferometry Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI 4

  5. How does VLBI work? • Two radio telescopes are looking at the same quasar. • Incoming radio wave signals are tagged with an atomic clock. • Signal arrival times at the two telescopes are compared. • 4. The distance between them is calculated. Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  6. Radio Telescope Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  7. Continental Drift between North America and Europe Picture by Axel Nothnagel Westford, Massachusetts Wettzell, Germany Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  8. Simple but Precise • What are the limits and uncertainty of VLBI measurements? • How may they be resolved? Westford,, MA USA Wettzell, Germany Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  9. Errors, errors, errors!!! • No matter how good you are…there will always be errors. • Every measurement has uncertainties and errors (unfortunately). • The question is… How to deal with them? Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  10. Uncertainty in the VLBI Measurements (Westford to Wettzell) Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  11. Continental Drift between North America and Europe C C Westford, Massachusetts Wettzell, Germany Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

  12. Plate Tectonics, Geodesy, and VLBI

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