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Lithospheric plates
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- Summary
- Different types of observations related to lithospheric plates:
- locations of plates.
- topography.
- age of the ocean floor.
- locations of recent seismic activity and active volcanism.
- geothermic waves emerging from the Earth.
- Learning objectives
- To observe the arrangement of the lithospheric plates and their respective movements.
- To make the connection between the ocean floor’s topography, seismic and volcanic activity, the age of ocean floors and geothermic waves.
- How to use the animation
- Rollover the map to see the borders of the lithospheric plates.
Click on
to obtain more information about the oceanic floor.
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- Keywords
- epicenter, subduction-zone, volcanism, volcano, earthquake, topography, earth, tectonic, seism, Earth's-crust, lithospheric-plate, ocean, Indo-Australian, boundaries, ocean-floor, geothermic-flow, ridge, eurasia, rift, divergent, continent, collision, cocos, age, seismic-activity, Philippines, Pacific, Nazca, Carolines, caribbean, Antarctic, America, Africa
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