Plate Tectonic Boundaries Animation

Plate tectonic animations more info thirteen simple plate tectonic animations gifs grouped into two related series depicting.

Plate tectonic boundaries animation. A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. Thickness of the earths crust. It also shows the major ice ages at. Introduction to plate tectonics and earthquakes animations learning and teaching resources on the fundamentals of plate tectonics and the basics of earthquakes are provided in this section.

When two plates come together it is known as a convergent boundary. Gplates offers a novel combination of interactive plate tectonic reconstructions geographic information system gis functionality and raster data visualisationgplates enables both the visualisation and the manipulation of plate tectonic reconstructions and associated data through geological time. Beginning with a view of earth with the continents in their present positions the continents move back in time to reunite as pangaea are labeled and locations of stratigraphic and fossil evidence that wegener used to argue in favor of continental drift are added. Image from interactive diagram by earthguide at scripps institution of oceanography.

Here is a modest sample. Along these boundaries earthquakes are common and magma molten rock rises from the earths mantle to the surface solidifying to create new oceanic crust. The impact of the colliding plates. Gplates is desktop software for the interactive visualisation of plate tectonics.

This animation shows the plate tectonic and paleogeographic evolution of the earth back to 540 million years. All animations built from maps used with the permission of cr. Image courtesy of the us. Varying between 0 to 100mm per year the movement of a plate is driven by convection in the underlying hot and viscous mantle.

Layers of the earth. Image courtesy of the us. Modern configuration of tectonic plates. 1 modern position of plate boundaries and plate motions through geologic time and 2 creation of crust at mid ocean ridge ie divergent boundary and imaging of magnetic stripes on the seafloor.

There are a number of excellent sites dealing with the modern theory of plate tectonics. This animation begins with a world map plate boundaries appear and plates are distinguished by color shades. The treatment of plate tectonics emphasizes how the distribution and properties of plates and the motions at different kinds of plate boundaries explain global scale patterns of earthquakes and volcanoes.