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  • An Introduction to Plate Tectonics  - Information on the continental drift, fossil distribution, and the dynamics of plate tectonics.
  • British Geological Survey - Geomagnetism  - A project monitoring the earth's magnetic field in the UK; includes details of their magnetic observatories and surveys, services and data products, and educational resources.
  • Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics  - Kid-friendly explanation and graphics on plate tectonics.
  • EarthByte  - An international project based in Australia, which aims for interoperable plate tectonic data and geodynamic computing services for research purposes. Offers information about their research activities, publications, and resources.
  • Geology: Plate Tectonics  - Explains the history of the new understanding of the Earth, with an overview of the theory and its mechanisms. Also offers a number of animations.
  • GPlates  - Offers open source desktop software for the interactive visualization of plate-tectonics. Includes a guide for users, features, and screenshots.
  • GPS Time Series  - Presents a world map depicting horizontal velocities and deformation in plate boundary zones.
  • Impact Tectonics  - A substantial collection of resources on the tectonic effects of high speed impacts of asteroids or comets on terrestrial planets.
  • NatureandCo.com - Tectonics and Earthquakes in New Zealand  - Discusses the relationship of earthquakes and tectonic activity in the shaping of New Zealand's landforms.
  • The North Pacific and the West Coast of North America  - Class notes of University of Wisconsin professor, Steven Dutch, on the past plate history and the continuing movement of the regions.
  • PALEOMAP Project  - A project to illustrate plate tectonics and the distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years. Includes details of their research projects, with a substantial library of maps and animations, and a discussion of the planet's climate history.
  • Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Cocos-Nazca Spreading Center  - Talks about the three spreading systems that factored in the formation, as well as the development of hotspots, in the region.
  • Plate Tectonics  - Includes animation of the continental drift, plus information on the history of the earth's tectonic activity.
  • Plate Tectonics  - The story of continents drifting from place to place breaking apart, colliding, and grinding against each other. Plus data on tectonic globe, article archive, and ocean floors.
  • Plate Tectonics and Climate  - Gives an overview of the effect of plate tectonics on the climate.
  • Plate Tectonics on Mars  - An article examining evidence that Mars once underwent plate tectonics, based on magnetic measurements from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.
  • PLATES Project  - A program of research into plate tectonic and geologic reconstructions; includes details of their teaching programs, data projects, and a substantial collection of maps, animations, and presentations.
  • Puzzles Of The Earth  - Dedicated to teaching the relatively young the geological theory of Plate Tectonics. Includes an explanation, maps and illustrations.
  • Study of the Recent Structural Evolution of Continental Basins in Altai-Sayan  - An academic study of an active tectonic region in the Central Asia Deformation area, as an example of intraplate tectonics, based on evidence from the Altai and Sayan mountains.
  • Teaching Plate Tectonics with Easy-to-Draw Illustrations  - A resource for educators, with notes, animations, and interactive maps.
  • Tectonic Evolution of the Atlas Mountains, North Africa  - Includes links to current research, structural models, publications, maps, and related topics.
  • Tectonic Forces by Robert Maurer  - Talks about the origin and mechanics of the forces responsible for tectonic plate movements. Plus profile of the author, discussions and conclusions.
  • Tectonics  - Contains original scientific contributions in analytical, synthetic, and integrative tectonics.
  • This Dynamic Earth  - A publication from the USGS about the theory and mechanisms of plate tectonics, available online and as a download in PDF format.
  • This Dynamic Planet  - Offers interactive maps of volcanoes, earthquakes, impact craters, and plate tectonics covering the world, the Arctic, and the Antarctic.
  • WebDoGS Plate Tectonics Reconstruction  - Collection of plate reconstruction links and images and movies on plate tectonics.
  • When the Earth Moves: Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics  - An extensive article about the development of the theory of plate tectonics, and its implications for our understanding of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, the formation of mountain ranges, and sea floor formations.
  • World Stress Map Project  - An international collaborative project to map the stress field of the Earth's crust; provides their global database of contemporary tectonic stress, and a range of maps.
 
 
 
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