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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.

Applied Paleomagnetics, Inc. - http://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.

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.

djburnette.com | Plate Tectonics and Climate - http://www.djburnette.com/projects/climate.html
Plate Tectonics and Climate by Dorian J. Burnette.

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.

Geomagnetism - http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/
Information from the British Geological Survey.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Cocos-Nazca Spreading Center - http://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.

Plate Tectonic Reconstructions and Paleomagnetism - http://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 - http://www.platetectonics.com/
Archive of articles and graphical data related to plate tectonics.

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.

Plate tectonics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonics
Plate tectonics. Types of plate boundaries. Sources of plate motion.

Plate Tectonics animation - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
Wonderful animations of Plate Tectonics movement. Including gif, avi and mov formats.

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.

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

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.

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

Tectonics - http://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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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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