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    long time that creates thick sediments‚! ! 10. How does sea floor spreading explain the movement of tectonic plates?! - Sea floor spreading in movement of tectonic plates is called divergent‚ the separation of two plate. This can be proved because magma comes out from the fault of ridge which means plate has open and it’s realising the magma. Other reason‚ if diverging is happening at one point‚ that means converging is happening at other end of plate‚ for example Himalayan mountain range at India

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    The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth’s lithosphere is broken up into many different pieces separated by jagged cracks. These are called the tectonic plates. They are in slow‚ constant motion pushed by the convection currents in Earth’s asthenosphere. This theory explains the process of sea floor spreading at mid-ocean ridges‚ and subduction at deep ocean trenches. It was proposed by J. Tuzo Wilson in 1965. He combined the discoveries of Harry Hess and Alfred Wegner to support this

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    Plate Tectonics Paper Michelle Tillman GLG/220 1/12/15 Jessica Terrien Dunn First and most important hazard is the ground actually shaking. This causes building to be damaged or the ground/foundation to settle different than it was. If the soil is liquefied then the building can actually sink into the ground. This can make the buildings also tip and lean. Los Angeles was built on a myriad of transform faults that include Santa Monica fault‚ the San Fernando fault‚ and Northridge/Santa Barbara fault

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    RAPPEL A L’ORDRE: THE CASE FOR THE TECTONIC Kenneth Frampton Kenneth Frampton’s ‘Rappel a L’Ordre: The Case for the Tectonic’ identifies the issues in relation to the tectonic form‚ his intention is to make architecture step apart of just being part of a scenographic interpretation. The word tectonic is addressed from its different origins but overall referring to carpentry and its evolution into an aspect of poetry and art of construction. Tectonic objects are seen in two different forms;

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    Continental drift is the idea that the earth’s continents are drifting away‚ relative to each other across the ocean bed suggested by Alfred Wegner as part of his wider theory on plate tectonics. The plate tectonic theory suggested by Alfred Wegner in 1915 was that millions of years ago all the continents were joined together in one mass of land called ‘Pangaea’‚ the evidence for this was that coal was found on Antarctica‚ the shape of Africa and south America fit together and same fossils were

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    Evaluate how Plate Tectonic Theory helps our Understanding of the Distribution of Seismic and Volcanic Events (40 marks) The Plate Tectonic Theory developed in the late 1960’s‚ when people noticed how continents either side of the Atlantic Ocean seemed to almost fit together. Francis Bacon‚ an English Philosopher was aware of this as early as 1620. Topographical and geological evidence built up and allowed Alfred Wegener to publish a theory in 1912‚ suggesting that the continents were once all joined

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    “Discuss the Extent to which volcanic and seismic activity are evidence for plate tectonic theory” (40) Plate tectonics is the theory that explains the structure and motion of the Earth’s lithosphere. The theory states that the Earth’s crust is split into large sections called tectonic plates‚ and these move relative to one another creating boundaries at which plates converge‚ diverge and move past each other. Alfred Wegener pioneered the theory of continental drift in the early 1900s which he supported

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    taking seriously until the 1960. This study is called plate tectonics‚ and it helps explain the continental drift‚ the spreading of the seafloor‚ why volcanoes erupt and how mountains are formed. The mountain range that runs from the northern tip of Alaska to the southern tip of South America were formed by the buckling of crustal rocks that crash into the edge of North and South America. The land folds under the pressure of the colliding plates and pushes up sedimentary rock up to create mountains

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    Tectonics Division of Pakistan Defination: Tectonics zones of Pakistan are the Eurasian Plate‚ Arabian Plate and Indian Plate which is part of Indo-Australian Plate. Eurasian Plate: The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia)‚ with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent‚ the Arabian subcontinent‚ and the area east of the Chersky Range in East Siberia. It also

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    car on their own‚ and opens up new opportunities for work‚ travel‚ school etc. Despite these privileges‚ receiving your p-plates comes with major responsibilities. Drivers who are on their p-plates are often involved in horrifying crash statistics and are perceived as reckless‚ irresponsible and foolish drivers. Statistics show that 26 per cent of all road fatalities are p-plate drivers‚ and that a driver with a p1 license is four times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than a driver over

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