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• An Introduction to Plate Tectonics  - Information on the continental drift, fossil distribution, and the dynamics of plate tectonics.
• 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.
• Institute of Earth Sciences  - An institute of the University of Iceland offering research and graduate studies focusing on the Iceland region. Describes their programs, with background on volcanoes, earthquakes, and Icelandic geology.
• 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.
• 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.