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Unveiling Earth's Secrets: Tectonic Waves & Continental Drift

Explore the Earth's interior and discover the three wave types, longitudinal, transverse, and up & down. Learn about continental drift, plate tectonics, ocean basins, and seafloor spreading hypothesis with new evidence and magnetic field studies. Dive into the dynamic world of plates and boundaries with interactive animations and visual aids.

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Unveiling Earth's Secrets: Tectonic Waves & Continental Drift

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  1. The Earth’s Interior • Three Wave Types • Longitudinal • Transverse • Up & Down http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/education/student/earthquakes/

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  3. Continental Drift • Wegener-early 1900s • http://www.wwnorton.com/earth/egeo/animations/ch2.htm • Based on fossil evidence

  4. Plate Tectonics • New Evidence • Magnetic Field • http://www.psc.edu/science/Glatzmaier/glatzmaier.html • Ocean • Ocean basin • http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002900/a002953/oceanbottom.tif • Seafloor Spreading Hypothesis • http://www.wwnorton.com/earth/egeo/animations/ch2.htm • http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/S_U/sea_flr_spread.html

  5. Plate Tectonics cont. • Plates • http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002900/a002953/allplates.tif • Fig. 15.24 • Boundary types • http://www.wwnorton.com/earth/egeo/animations/ch2.htm • http://www.brainpop.com

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