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Animation Resources:
Atmospheres
Plate Tectonics
Glaciers
Rivers
Coasts


Geography in Animation ...

Plate Tectonics

Click on the links below to see various animations on plate tectonic processes.

General

Rift Valleys

Continental Drift

Earthquake and volcanic activity at constructive plate boundaries

Volcanic Features

How Mount St. Helens erupted

Geysers

How the silicon content in magma can influennce the shape of the volcanic cone and the type of eruption

Earthquakes and Earth Movements

How seismic waves, generated by earthquakes, exist in a number of different forms 

How seismographs of different kinds are used to measure and record earthquakes

Map showing the earthquakes that have occurred in the last hour, day and week in California and Nevada.

How plate movements cause soft sedimentary rocks to fold in a number of different ways

How rocks which will not fold may crack or fault when subjected to tension or compression

How earthquakes trigger tsunamis

Example of Designing and building a bridge to withstand earthquakes

 


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