Plate Tectonics

Plates, Plate Boundaries, and Driving Forces

by Anne E. Egger, Ph.D.

Further Exploration

Cornell University - This site allows you to explore the concepts of plate tectonics in more detail.

Smithsonian Institute - The Global Volcanism Program documents, analyzes, and disseminates information about global volcanic activity.

U.S. Geological Survey - The USGS hosts a real-time earthquake map and a downloadable database of all earthquakes since 1990.

San Francisco Museum - This site offers eyewitness accounts of the Great 1906 San Francisco quake.

Earth Observatory / NASA

News from around the world of science.

Google - Research database allows searching of the scholarly literature.

PBS - An interactive plate tectonics animation that illustrates the processes occurring at plate boundaries.

Dr. Ron Blakey, Professor of Geology, Northern Arizona University - Shows the global plate movements from the Late Proterozoic to the present