Diagrams to illustrate plate kinematics
Map showing principal plates and plate boundaries
Zones of distortion at plate boundaries
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Reversal timescale |
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Magnetic anomalies in the Atlantic Ocean
Age of ocean floor based on magnetic anomaly record
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Press & Siever Understanding Earth Fig. 18.01, modified |
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Distortion prior to earthquake
Fault after slip
Focal mechanism 1: Fault
2: Axes
3: Wave propagation
4: Compressional first wave
5: Dilational first wave
6: Auxiliary plane
Focal mechanism diagram
Pole to auxiliary plane
Focal mechanism for Dec 26 2004 Earthquake
Focal mechanisms
Slip vector
An Early test of plate tectonics
GPS Receiver station, California
http://www.unavco.org/pubs_reports/brochures/1998_UNAVCO/1998_UNAVCO.html
Pacific Plate and South American Plate
GPS-determined velocities in the East Mediterranean
Diagram to show Euler Pole, after Davis and Reynolds
Map of Principal Plates
RRR Triple Junction in Indian Ocean
Plate Map with Cascadia Triple Junction
Triple junction solution for RTF junction
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All possible triple junctions
Relative motions on western North American margin
