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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. |
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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. |
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Plate tectonics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonics
Plate tectonics. Types of plate boundaries. Sources of plate motion. |
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PLATES Project - http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/plates/plates.htm
Plate model and database allow users to make reconstructions from 750 Ma to present. From the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. |
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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 |
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WebDoGS Plate Tectonics Reconstruction - http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/webdogs/plates/reconstructions.html
A collection of web goodies on plate tectonics reconstructions; links, research, animations, movies, and software. |
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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. |
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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. |
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When the Earth Moves: Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics - http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=229
Describes how investigators pursuing basic questions in ocean and terrestrial science gradually arrived at an understanding of how the planet's crust works. |
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Plate Tectonics - http://www.platetectonics.com/
Archive of articles and graphical data related to plate tectonics. |
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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. |
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World Stress Map - http://www-wsm.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/
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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The Ground Beneath - http://library.thinkquest.org/27026/
Plate tectonics theory. Drifting continents. Plates on the move. |
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natureandco.com - Tectonics and Earthquakes in New Zealand - http://www.natureandco.co.nz/land_and_wildlife/landforms/tectonics/idx_tect.htm
New Zealand ranks among the most active seismic places on earth: earthquakes occur there frequently and continuously. Detailed information with images, references, links, and books to buy. |
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Puzzles Of The Earth - http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/
Teaches the theory of plate tectonics. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |