Figure 1: A complex plate boundary region. Topographic and bathymetric map of the New Zealand region showing the important tectonic features (background image courtesy of US Geological Survey).

1. Hand each student a plate boundary map and a slip of paper with a scientific specialty (seismology, geochronology, volcanology, or geography), and a plate name (Pacific Plate, North American ...

Far beneath the ocean's surface, where mountain belts rise and ancient oceanic crust lies hidden, a long-lost tectonic plate ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

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KS3 Geography. Plate tectonics: Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies from Haiti and New Zealand.

Geology: Slow episodic slip probably occurs in the plate boundary Date: July 6, 2015 Source: The University of Tokyo Summary: Scientists have discovered slow-moving low-frequency tremors which ...

The plate boundary between Africa and the Iberian Peninsula could cause large tsunamis, according to a new study published recently in Nature Communications. Due to a lack of data, the studies ...

Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Seismic performance. Vertical boundary elements (VBE). Analytical models. Horizontal boundary elements (HBE). Plastic mechanism. Earthquake-resistant designs.

A new plate boundary appears to be forming in the region of the Indian Ocean where the 2012 earthquake took place. Scientists say the presence of strike-slip earthquakes along a newly discovered ...

Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Seismic performance. Horizontal boundary elements (HBE). Plastic hinge formation. Pushover analyses. Nonlinear time-history analyses. Deformations. Ground ...