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Mariana Trench
Mariana Trench
Exploring the Mariana Trench: A robotic vehicle dives 6.8 miles down - a new world record!
San Andreas Map
San Andreas Fault
Google Map of the San Andreas Fault: Zoom in to see the fault trace plotted atop of a map or satellite images.
Great Rift Valley
East Africa Rift
The East Africa Rift System: Learn about the East Africa Rift.
San Andreas Article
San Andreas Fault
What is the San Andreas Fault? Map, photos and description of the fault by Dr. David Lynch.
Tsunami Causes
Tsunami causes
What Causes a Tsunami? Learn how plate motions trigger earthquakes and tsunamis.
Volcanoes
Volcanoes
Volcanoes: A page that links to all of our volcano articles and to the best volcano information that we could find.
If it is not grown, it is mined.
 
Salton Sea Earthquake
San Andreas Fault
San Andreas Fault Hazard: Faults transfer strain below the Salton Sea.
Carbonatite Lava
Carbonatite lava flows
Carbonatite Lava Flows at Oldoinyo Lengai: These carbon dioxide-rich lavas are some of the most fluid in the world. They flow like motor oil.
Teaching Tectonics
Earthquake teaching
Teaching Plate Tectonics with Easy-to-Draw Illustrations: Most students love to draw and are visual learners. Take advantage of that in a draw-with-me lesson.
Guatemala Jade
Fault motion
Tectonic History In Jade: Dates of metamorphism and fault motion locked in jade.
Oil is found first in the mind.
Supervolcano In Italy
Supervolcano under Italy
Supervolcano in Italy: A fossil supervolcano beneath the Italian Alps.
Pacific Tsunami Threat
Tsunami Map
Pacific Tsunami Threat: Alaska earthquakes can impact the Pacific Basin.
New Madrid
New Madrid seismic zone
New Madrid Seismic Zone: An earthquake hazard review for the NMSZ..
Drilling To The Moho
mantle drilling
Drilling to Earth's Mantle: New technology might make drilling to the Moho possible.
Age Of The Andes
Andes Mountains map
How Old Are The Andes Mountains? New research suggests that the growth of the Andes Mountains began much earlier than 7 MYA.
Magma Formation
Magma formation
Depth of Magma Formation in Subduction Zones: Chlorite reveals the depth of magma formation in subuction zones.
What Is The Moho?
Moho
What is the Moho? Learn about the Mohorovicic Discontinuity.
The present is the key to the past.
 
Plate Tectonic News
Port-au-Prince: Rebuild or Relocate?:  When a city is severely affected by a...

New View on Jurassic Primate Evolution:  Michael Heads, Ph.D., of the Buffalo Museum of...

GSA Gives Free Access to Enriquillo-Plaintain Fault Papers:  "In response to the recent, tragic earthquake that...

United States Earthquake Risk:  The Cascadia subduction zone along the United States...

1960: Bathyscaphe Trieste Visits Challenger Deep:  January 23 marks the 50th anniversary of Don...

Topographic Map of Port-au-Prince Bay:  The topography of Haiti's Port-au-Prince Bay area belies...

Haiti: Earthquakes and Complex Faults:  "The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that triggered disastrous destruction...

Convection within Saturn's Moon Enceladus?:  Blobs of warm ice that periodically rise to...

Gulf of Corinth Rift, Greece:  The Gulf of Corinth rift which runs through...

M 6.5 Offshore California Earthquake:  "This earthquake occurred approximately 35 km WNW of...

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Plate Boundaries
Plate boundaries map
Zoom In On Plate Boundaries: Explore divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries with satellite images and maps.
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