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A guide to plate tectonics: How continents move by Krystle Hernandez During the 1960s, the concept of seafloor spreading was added to the existing theory of continental drift, which speculated that continents moved on the earth's surface. Plate tectonics is a comprehensive geological theory which has evolved from the... More> The global pattern of volcanoes by Hai Shunxi If you plot the locations of the world’s active volcanoes on a world map, you would soon realize that these smoking mountains aren’t randomly scattered about the globe. You can see such a map here , in fact. The patterns are striking. Th... More>
	Igneous rocks in Earth's geology by Raleigh Stout The Greek word for fire aptly describes the source of rocks that come from molten magma and lava. Environmental conditions above ground, near the surface, and deep below ground dictate how much time is required for heat to dissipate from this plasma... More> Poetry: Haiku about earthquakes by Garth Norman They break up the earth tectonic plates lay shattered borders are ignored. More>
Interesting facts about the Pacific Ocean's 'Ring of Fire' by Jose Juan Gutierrez The Pacific Ocean ring of fire is an area of major seismic and volcanic activity. The ring of fire lies in a band (horseshoe-shaped) of oceanic trenches and volcanic arcs circling the Pacific basin ocean which extends for approximately 40,000 km (25... More> Poetry: Sanity by Sumeer Chadha "Earthquake" Plate-tectonics Something's shifting Widening the great divide Sanity x Reason Between, there’s treason Separation of do and do not. Geo-thermal percolation: Frustration filtered through pride Earthen turmoil from with... More>
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