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• An Introduction to Plate Tectonics

  http://www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/tectonics.html
  Plates movements. The theories that scientists have used to explain these movements.

• Applied Paleomagnetics, Inc.

  http://www.appliedpaleomagnetics.com/
  Offering Paleomagnetic core orientation and paleomagnetic services including paleomagnetic fracture orientation, fracture studies in fractured reservoirs, and paleomagnetic orientation of in-situ stress.

• Broadband Seisimic Data Collection Center

  http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/
  Real time seismic data for view or download from the Anza network in Southern California.

• Cecil and Ida Green Piñon Flat Observatory

  http://pfostrain.ucsd.edu/pfo/
  Set up to measure crustal deformation in a tectonically active area, improve estimates of the earthquake hazard in southern California, and serve as a testing ground for new geophysical instrumentation.

• Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

  http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/platetec/kula.htm
  Diagrams of tectonics of the North Pacific and the west coast of North America.

• Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics

  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html
  Full and clear information about Plate Tectonics: Convergent Boundaries, Divergent Boundaries, Transform Boundaries.

• Geomagnetism

  http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/
  Information from the British Geological Survey.

• GPS Time Series

  http://sideshow.jpl.nasa.gov/mbh/series.html
  Measurements made with the Global Positioning System are sensitive enough to detect motion of the Earth's tectonic plates.

• MARGINS Program

  http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/margins/Home.html
  NSF funded program which tries to understand the complex interplay of processes that govern the evolution of continental margins by a multidisciplinary approach, including seismicity and subduction processes.

• Patrice Rey's Teaching Portfolio

  http://www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/users/prey/Teaching/Teach.html
  Resources for students in geology and geophysics, including lectures notes, slide show and virtual field trips. Topics include structural geology, tectonics, and geology of granite.

• Peter Bird's Programs for Tectonic Modeling

  http://peterbird.name/
  Tectonic modeling with finite elements: programs, publications, figures, and abstracts by Peter Bird of UCLA.

• Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Cocos-Nazca Spreading Center

  http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/170_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/SR170_07.PDF
  This article is about Plate Tectonic Evolution written by Martin Meschede and Udo Barckhausen.

• Plate Tectonics

  http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/earth/tectonics.html
  This site provides useful information about tectonics: the origin of plate tectonics, indications of tectonic activity, age of the sea floor.

• Plate Tectonics and Climate

  http://www.djburnette.com/projects/climate.html
  Dorian J. Burnette writes about how continental movement plate tectonics have a profound impact on the climate of the Earth.

• Plate Tectonics Animation

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
  Interesting animations of plate tectonics movement. Including gif, avi and mov formats.

• Study of the Recent Structural Evolution of Continental Basins in Altai-Sayan

  http://users.telenet.be/boris.dehandschutter/PhDcontents.html
  PhD thesis on the active tectonics of Northeast Altai in central Asia focusing on structural geology, paleostress analysis, seismics and radon gas geochemistry.

• Tectonics

  http://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/agu/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1944-9194/
  Tectonics contains original scientific contributions in analytical, synthetic, and integrative tectonics. Papers are restricted to the structure and evolution of the terrestrial lithosphere with dominant emphasis on the continents.

• Teton Tectonics

  http://www.tetontectonics.org/Tectonics.html
  Dr. Peter Langdon Ward has made a detailed analysis of the geology of western North America in relation to the motion of plates in the eastern Pacific Ocean. He also discusses earthquakes and global climate change.

• This Dynamic Earth

  http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
  View of the planet Earth from the USGS.

• WEEK 3 SUMMARY: MOUNTAIN GEOGRAPHY

  http://snobear.colorado.edu/Markw/Mountains/03/week3.html
  Lectures on Plate Tectonics by Mark W. Williams (University of Colorado at Boulder).

• Weldon Beauchamp

  http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/people/weldon.html
  Tectonic Evolution of the Atlas Mountains, North Africa. Research page with links to related resources.

• Wikipedia: Plate Tectonics

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonics
  Plate tectonics. Types of plate boundaries. Sources of plate motion.

• World Stress Map Project

  http://dc-app3-14.gfz-potsdam.de/pub/introduction/introduction_frame.html
  Database containing information on the contemporary tectonic stress state (e.g. orientation and magnitude) in the Earth's crust. Users can request customized stress maps for selected regions.

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