Palaeos: Palaeos The Geosphere
THE EARTH Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

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Plate Tectonics is the theory that the lithosphere (the outer part of solid Earth) is divided into a small number of plates that float on and travel independently over the plastic layer of the Earth's mantle (the asthenosphere). Much of the Earth's seismic activity and volcanism, along with mountain-building processes, occurs at the boundaries of these plates.



Volcanos

Continental Drift

web pagesPlate Tectonics - basic quick intro, good if you know nothing about this subject

on-line bookphotosdrawingsThis Dynamic Earth:The Story of Plate Tectonics, by W. Jaquelyne Kious and Robert I. Tilling, (on-line edition) from the U.S.Department of the Interior - U.S.Geological Survey

on-line bookThe ABC's of Plate Tectonics - by Donald L. Blanchard

plain web pagePlate Tectonics - in GondwanaLand page

web pagedrawingsSTRUCTURE OF THE EARTH AND PLATE TECTONICS

web pagePLATE TECTONICS - FORCES AND FEATURES

Web SiteJuly 1996 PaleoMap Prospectus various geotopics including plate tectonics

links pageYahoo Plate Tectonics links

plate tectonics icon from This Dynamic Earth:The Story of Plate Tectonics, by W. Jaquelyne Kious and Robert I. Tilling, (on-line edition)
 
 
 



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