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Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics
What is Plate Tectonics?What is Plate Tectonics?How Did the Plate Tectonics Theory Evolve?How Did the Plate Tectonics Theory Evolve?
What is Sea-Floor Spreading?What is Sea-Floor Spreading?How Old is the Sea Floor?How Old is the Sea Floor?
How Do We Know that Plates Move?How Do We Know that Plates Move?How Fast Do Plates Move?How Fast Do Plates Move?
What Are Plates and How Do They Move?What Are Plates and How Do They Move?
Can We Measure Plate Motion Directly?Can We Measure Plate Motion Directly?
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What Happens at Plate Boundaries?What Happens at Plate Boundaries?How Do Mountain Ranges Form?How Do Mountain Ranges Form?
What Causes Plate Motions?What Causes Plate Motions?How Do Mantle Plumes and Hot Spots Form?How Do Mantle Plumes and Hot Spots Form?
Why is it Important to Understand Plate Tectonics?Why is it Important to Understand Plate Tectonics?
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Major Plates of the World
Figure 2.1
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Pangea Breakup andContinental Drift
Figure 2.2
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Distribution of Fossilson Gondwana
Figure 2.3
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Distribution of LatePaleozoic Glaciations
Figure 2.4
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Two Ways of Interpreting Distributionof Ancient Climate Belts
Figure 2.5
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Apparent Wandering of South Pole
Figure 2.6
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Magnetic Inclination
Figure 2.14
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Apparent Position ofNorth Magnetic Pole
Figure 2.15
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Apparent Wandering ofNorth Magnetic Pole
Figure 2.16
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Jigsaw Fit and Matching Rock TypesBetween South America and Africa
Figure 2.17
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Sea-Floor Spreading
Figure 2.18
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The Lithosphere
Figure 2.19
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Magnetic Reversals
Figure 2.20
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Marine Magnetic Anomalies
Figure 2.21
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Origin of Magnetic Anomalies
Figure 2.22
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Correlation of Magnetic Anomalies withMagnetic Reversals Allows Dating
Figure 2.23
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Age of the Sea Floor
Figure 2.24
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Possible Explanations for RelationshipBetween Fracture Zones and
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
Figure 2.25
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Continental Shelves and Rises
Figure 2.27
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East African Rift Valleysand the Red Sea
Figure 2.28
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Water Rises Upward to Fill the GapWhen Two Floating Blocks Move Apart
Figure 2.30
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Massive Continental Shelf Formed byContinental Breakup and Divergence
Figure 2.31
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Mid-Oceanic Range Offset FromFracture Zones
Figure 2.32
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Divergent Oceanic Plates CarryMetallic Ores from Rift Valley
Figure 2.35
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Transform Boundaries(A) Between 2 Ridges; (B) Between Ridge and Trench; (C)
Between 2 Trenches. (D) San Andreas Fault
Figure 2.36
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Divergent Boundaries form Ridge Crests(A) Oceanic Plates; (B) Continental Plates
Figure 2.37
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Ocean-Ocean Convergence
Figure 2.38
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Distribution of Oceanic Trenches
Figure 2.40
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Formation of Andesitic Magma
Figure 2.41
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Migration of Trench, Hinge Line,Accretionary Wedge, and Volcanic Arc
Figure 2.42
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Ocean-Continent Convergence
Figure 2.43
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Continent-Continent Collision
Figure 2.44
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Backarc Spreading
Figure 2.45
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Causes of Backarc Spreading
Figure 2.46
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Metallic Ores Form over Hot Springson Volcanic Arcs
Figure 2.47
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Possible Relation of Ore Belts to DepthAlong the Subducton Zone
Figure 2.48
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Cross-Section of the Alps
Figure 2.49
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Arc-Continent Convergence
Figure 2.50
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Geological Evolution of Southern Appalachians
Figure 2.51
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The Wilson Cycle
Box 2.2
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Schematic Cross-Section Throughthe Cascadia Subduction Zone
Box 2.3
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San Andreas Fault
Figure 2.52
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Model of Mantle Convection
Figure 2.53
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Ridge-Push
Figure 2.54
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Slab-Pull
Figure 2.55
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Mantle Plumes Rise Upward
Figure 2.57
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Distribution of HypothesizedMantle Plumes
Figure 2.58
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Continental Breakup Caused by aMantle Plume
Figure 2.59
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An Example of Radial Rifts
Figure 2.60
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Formation and Reactivation of Rifts andGrabens During the Breakup of Pangea
Box 2.4 – Figure 1
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Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben andSt. Lawrence Rift are both Aulacogens Reactivated During Breakup of Pangea
Box 2.4 – Figure 2
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(A) Two Mantle Plumes Beneath Continent(B) Rifts Lengthen and Flood Balasts Erupt; (C) Continent
Splits and Rifts From
Figure 2.61
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Sea Floor Moving Over Hot Spot FormsAseismic Ridge as Chain of Volcanoes
Figure 2.62
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Ages of Volcanic Rock of the Hawaiian Island Group
Figure 2.63
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Distribution of the Major AseismicRidges on the Sea Floor
Figure 2.64
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Collision of Two Terranes Forms aMountain Range, Eroded over Time
Box 2.5 – Figure 1
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Central Gneiss Belt and Central Meta-sedimentary Belt Join along the CentralMetasedimentary Belt Boundary Zone
Box 2.5 – Figure 2
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Earthquake Epicentres and BedrockStructures in Southern Ontario
Box 2.5 – Figure 3
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