Plate Tectonic Hotlist

Plate Tectonic Hotlist
An Internet Hotlist on Plate Tectonics

created by Jane Orbuch
San Lorenzo Valley High School

Introduction
You COULD look for books or magazines to find out about Plate Tectonics, but why not use the power of the Internet instead? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Earthquakes

2008 Bay Area Earthquake Probabilities -
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information -
Bay Area Earthquake Resources -
Central United States Earthquake Consortium -
Did you feel it? -
Earthquake Alarm Systems--UC Berkeley -
Earthquake Hazards in the Pacific Northwest -
Earthquake Safety Preparedness Information -
Federal Emergency Management Service -
Finding Earthquake Epicenters--Java Applet -
GDACS--Global Disaster Alert and Coordination system - Near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program -
Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 100 years later -
IRIS Seismic Monitor - IRIS is a university research consortium dedicated to exploring the Earth's interior through the collection and distribution of seismographic data.
Latest Earthquakes in the World--Past 7 days(2.5 or 4.0) -
Listening to Earthquakes - sounds to download/quiz etc
Locating World Series Earthquake Epicentee -
Make Your Own Sesimograph -
Maps of Recent Earthquake Activity in California-Nevada -
Mercury News California Earthquakes -
NOVA-Deadliest Earthquakes -
Public Seismic Network of San Jose -
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - Handbook for SF bay region
Quake Catcher Network - The Quake-Catcher Network is a collaborative initiative for developing the world's largest, low-cost strong-motion seismic network by utilizing sensors in and attached to internet-connected computers.
Rapid Earthquake Viewer - The Rapid Earthquake Viewer (REV) gives you access to data from seismograph stations around the world. REV monitors the earth and posts information about recent earthquakes so you can see where they happened and view the seismograms from global seismograph stations for every notable earthquake. REV even lets you check up on seismograph stations in your area, so if you think you felt the ground shake, check REV!
Recent California Earthquakes -
Recent Earthquakes for San Francisco Bay -
Savage Earth Earthquakes -
SeisMac - SeisMac is a free Mac OS X application that will turn a MacBook or MacBook Pro into a three-axis seismograph.
Seismowatch -
Southern California Earthquake Center - The SCEC (Southern California Earthquake Center) Data Center is the primary archive and distribution center of seismological data recorded by the Southern California Seismic Network(SCSN), and various Portable Seismic Instrument Arrays. Global Positioning System Data collected by SCEC, or contributed to the archive by organizations such as the U.S. Geological Survey, is also archived and available here.
Today in Earthquake History -
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program--Northern Ca -
USGS Earthquake and Volcano Deformation and Stress Triggering Group - Click on 'stress triggering and earthquake probabilities' to get a brief explanation. Then check out animations page showing how quakes propagate over time
USGS National Earthquake Information Center -
USGS:New Madrid Information -
Virtual Earthquake - Virtual Earthquake is an interactive computer program designed to introduce you to the concepts of how an earthquake EPICENTER is located and how the RICHTER MAGNITUDE of an earthquake is determined. The Virtual Earthquake computer program is running on a Web Server at California State University at Los Angeles. You can interact with Virtual Earthquake using your Web browser.
Written in Stone Earthquake Animations -

Volcanoes

11 Gorgeous Geological Maps of Volcanoes -
Cascade Volcano Information -
Decade Volcanoes: Mauna Loa -
Discovery Channel Krakatoa -
Dynamic Earth--Smithsonian - Volcano search. Gems & Minerals, Rocks and Mining, Solar system, Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes
Electronic Volcano -
Global Volcanism Program -
Hawaii Center Volcanology -
Interactives: Can We Predict Volcanic Eruptions? -
Kilauea:Birth of Igneous Rock--Activity -
MTU Volcano Page - links and humor
Movies of Mt Erebus Strombolian Eruptions -
Nova: Volcano Under the City - Check out Anatomy animation
Project Volcano -
USGS Volcanic Activity Alert-Notification System -
USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory -
Volcanic Hazard Primer -
Volcanic Violence -
Volcano Discovery--volcanoes worldwide -
Volcano Hazards Program -
Volcano Photo Archives -
Volcano Sensor WEb -
Volcano Watch - These satellite images show some of the world's most active volcanoes.
Volcano World -
Volcanoes Online -
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics--Activity -
Volcanoes--Images etc -

Plate Tectonics

Compute Your Magnetic Declination -
Convection Current Animation -
Discover Our Earth: Plate Tectonics--Interactive Site -
Dynamic Earth Interactive - earth's structure, plate tectonics, plates and boundaries, fualts
Earth Like a Puzzle -
Earth as a Planet - Interior structure of Earth; differentiation; plate tectonics; getting and retaining an atmosphere
Geology Plate Tectonics -
Mantle Plumes -
Morvel Plate Velocity Estimates and Information - This Web site is designed to help users determine the present velocities of selected tectonic plates
NASA-Digital World Tectonic Activity Map -
NOVA--Magnetic STorm - See a reversal, gallery of auroras, impact on animals, etc.
Observe an Animation of Convection in the Mantle -
Paleomap -
Plate Tectonic Activity - Interactive
Plate Tectonics -
Plate Tectonics Text -
Plate Tectonics pdf text -
Plate Tectonics-- -
Plate Tectonics--World Ocean Floor -
The ABCs of Plate Tectonics -
This Dynamic Earth: The Story Of Plate Tectonics -
Those Puzzling Plates--Activity - Drag the highlighted plate to its correct location on the blue background. Type the name of the plate. Click on the 'Is This Right' button to check your answer

Tsunamis

California Tsunami Research Center - Check out Interactive map
DART: Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis - DARTŽ real-time tsunami monitoring systems, developed by PMEL, are positioned at strategic locations throughout the ocean and play a critical role in tsunami forecasting.
International Tsunami Information -
NOAA: Tsunami -
NOAA: West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center - Also experience a virtual earthquake
NOVA: Wave that shook the World - Check out virtual interactives
Pacific Marine Environmental lab: Tsunami Research Program -
Pacific Tsunami Museum -
Savage Earth: Waves of Destruction -
Tsunami Data at National Geophysical Data Center - Check out Arc View Interactive maps
Tsunami Visualizations -
Tsunami-- University of Washington -
Tsunami-Waves of Destruction-Activity - Using tsunami time travel maps, predict how long it will take a tsunami to reach the shore.
Tsunamis-Killer Waves--National Geographic -
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center -

Activity Sites

Surface Distance Between Two Points of Latitude and Longitude - For Tsunami calculations
Convert Lat/Long between decimal and minutes -
Google Maps Latitude, Longitude Popup - Find the lat and long of any location
Discover Our Earth--Interactive Mapping Tools/Virtual Experiments/3D graphics - Isotasy, tectonics, viscosity, Mt St helens, earthquakes
National Geographic Map Machine - Powered by ESRI--Find your Location
Tectonics 1.0--interactive puzzle - Remake Pangea

Content by Jane Orbuch, jorbuch@slvusd.org
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Last revised Fri Mar 16 10:36:03 US/Pacific 2012