
http://www.municipiodenogales.org/English/geology/plate_tectonics.htm
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The major tectonic plates
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Main geological provincies
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Age of the Ocean
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Rifting. The young oceanic crust
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Magnetic Anomalies and seafloor spreading
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Magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading
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Plate motion based on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite data from NASA
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Detailed map showing the tectonic plates with their movement vectors
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Supercontinents
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Three types of plate boundary
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Ocean-ocean boundary
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Ocean-continent boundary
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Farallon and Pacific plates, North American area
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Subduction
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Rock life cycle
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Transform faults
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Global earthquake epicenters, 1963√1998
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Benioff Zone over subduction
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The Pacific Ring of Fire
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Mantle Convection
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Main mechanism in plate tectonic -Power transmission belt
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