Open Directory - Science: Earth Sciences: Geology: Tectonics
See also: This category in other languages: - Plates movements. The theories that scientists have used to explain these movements. - Offering Paleomagnetic core orientation and paleomagnetic services including paleomagnetic fracture orientation, fracture studies in fractured reservoirs, and paleomagnetic orientation of in-situ stress. - Real time seismic data for view or download from the Anza network in Southern California. - 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. - Diagrams of tectonics of the North Pacific and the west coast of North America. - Full and clear information about Plate Tectonics: Convergent Boundaries, Divergent Boundaries, Transform Boundaries. - Measurements made with the Global Positioning System are sensitive enough to detect motion of the Earth's tectonic plates. - Information from the British Geological Survey. - 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. - Plate model and database allow users to make reconstructions from 750 Ma to present. From the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. - 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. - Tectonic modeling with finite elements: programs, publications, figures, and abstracts by Peter Bird of UCLA. - This article is about Plate Tectonic Evolution written by Martin Meschede and Udo Barckhausen. [PDF] - Archive of articles and graphical data related to plate tectonics. - This site provides useful information about tectonics: the origin of plate tectonics, indications of tectonic activity, age of the sea floor. - Interesting animations of plate tectonics movement. Including gif, avi and mov formats. - Dorian J. Burnette writes about how continental movement plate tectonics have a profound impact on the climate of the Earth. - Article from the National Geographic describing the three types of tectonic boundaries. - Teaches the theory of plate tectonics. - PhD thesis on the active tectonics of Northeast Altai in central Asia focusing on structural geology, paleostress analysis, seismics and radon gas geochemistry. - This is the origin and mechanics of the forces responsible for tectonic plate movements. - 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. - 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. - Plate tectonics theory. Drifting continents. Plates on the move. - View of the planet Earth from the USGS. - Lectures on Plate Tectonics by Mark W. Williams (University of Colorado at Boulder). - Tectonic Evolution of the Atlas Mountains, North Africa. Research page with links to related resources. - Describes how investigators pursuing basic questions in ocean and terrestrial science gradually arrived at an understanding of how the planet's crust works. - Plate tectonics. Types of plate boundaries. Sources of plate motion. - 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.
