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Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes. Map Projects Plate Tectonics Earthquakes Volcanoes Slides For Next Class : Read Chapter 2 (pp. 56-63). Connections between inner Earth and surface landscape features Part of the framework for understanding human settlement patterns.
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Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes • Map Projects • Plate Tectonics • Earthquakes • Volcanoes • Slides For Next Class: Read Chapter 2 (pp. 56-63)
Connections between inner Earth and surface landscape features • Part of the framework for understanding human settlement patterns Geological Environment
Plate Tectonics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-HwPR_4mP4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrXAGY1dmE
Slow-moving geologic plates • Heat exchange: convection cells Plate Tectonics Figure 2.2
Global Tectonic Plates Figure 2.3
Coastal California faces a threat of a major earthquake San Andreas Fault Zone Figure 2.4
Figure 2.7 • Compare Figure 2.7 to Figure 2.3. • What associations are evident between these two maps? Geologic Hazards Figure 2.3
Tectonic Disasters Figure 2.6 Figure 2.8 1991 Mt Pinatubo Eruption January 2010 Haiti Earthquake
