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Applied Paleomagnetics, Inc.  www.appliedpaleomagnetics.com Offering Paleomagnetic core orientation and paleomagnetic services including paleomagnetic fracture orientation, fracture studies in fractured reservoirs, and paleomagnetic orientation of in-situ stress.

Broadband Seisimic Data Collection Center  eqinfo.ucsd.edu Real time seismic data for view or download from the Anza network in Southern California.

Cecil and Ida Green Piñon Flat Observatory  pfostrain.ucsd.edu/pfo 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.

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics  www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/platetec/kula.htm Diagrams of tectonics of the North Pacific and the west coast of North America.

Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics  www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html Full and clear information about Plate Tectonics: Convergent Boundaries, Divergent Boundaries, Transform Boundaries.

Geomagnetism  www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk Information from the British Geological Survey.

GPS Time Series  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.

The Ground Beneath  library.thinkquest.org/27026 Plate tectonics theory. Drifting continents. Plates on the move.

An Introduction to Plate Tectonics  www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/tectonics.html Plates movements. The theories that scientists have used to explain these movements.

MARGINS Program  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.

Patrice Rey's Teaching Portfolio  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.

Peter Bird's Programs for Tectonic Modeling  peterbird.name Tectonic modeling with finite elements: programs, publications, figures, and abstracts by Peter Bird of UCLA.

Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Cocos-Nazca Spreading Center  www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/170_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/SR170_07.PDF This article is about Plate Tectonic Evolution written by Martin Meschede and Udo Barckhausen. [PDF]

Plate Tectonic Reconstructions and Paleomagnetism  www.itis-molinari.mi.it/geo.html Web server for making on-line plate tectonic reconstructions. Includes access to paleomagnetic data and analyses.

Plate Tectonics  www.geo.ua.edu/intro03/Plate.html Provides early ideas about continental drift and the modern theory of plate tectonics.

Plate Tectonics  www.platetectonics.com Archive of articles and graphical data related to plate tectonics.

Plate Tectonics  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.

Plate Tectonics and Climate  www.djburnette.com/projects/climate.html Dorian J. Burnette writes about how continental movement plate tectonics have a profound impact on the climate of the Earth.

Plate Tectonics Animation  www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html Interesting animations of plate tectonics movement. Including gif, avi and mov formats.

Plate Tectonics: Moving and Shaking  science.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth/plate… Article from the National Geographic describing the three types of tectonic boundaries.

PLATES Project  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.

Puzzles Of The Earth  library.thinkquest.org/17701 Teaches the theory of plate tectonics.

Study of the Recent Structural Evolution of Continental Basins in Altai-Sayan  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.

Tectonic Forces: by Robert Maurer  www.tectonic-forces.org This is the origin and mechanics of the forces responsible for tectonic plate movements.

Tectonics  www.agu.org/journals/tc 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.

Teton Tectonics  www.tetontectonics.org/Tectonics.html 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.

This Dynamic Earth  pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html View of the planet Earth from the USGS.

WebDoGS Plate Tectonics Reconstruction  www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/webdogs/plates/reconstructions.html A collection of web goodies on plate tectonics reconstructions; links, research, animations, movies, and software.

WEEK 3 SUMMARY: MOUNTAIN GEOGRAPHY  snobear.colorado.edu/Markw/Mountains/03/week3.html Lectures on Plate Tectonics by Mark W. Williams (University of Colorado at Boulder).

Weldon Beauchamp  atlas.geo.cornell.edu/people/weldon.html Tectonic Evolution of the Atlas Mountains, North Africa. Research page with links to related resources.

When the Earth Moves: Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics  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.

Wikipedia: Plate Tectonics  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonics Plate tectonics. Types of plate boundaries. Sources of plate motion.

World Stress Map Project  dc-app3-14.gfz-potsdam.de/pub/introduction/introduction_frame.html 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.