Tectonics

Plate tectonics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Plate tectonics. Types of plate boundaries. Sources of plate motion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonics

PLATES Project - Plate model and database allow users to make reconstructions from 750 Ma to present. From the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.
http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/plates/plates.htm

Patrice Rey's Teaching Portfolio - Resources for students in geology and geophysics, including lectures notes, slide show and virtual field trips. Topics include structural geology, tectonics, and geology of granite.
http://www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/users/prey/Teaching/Teach.html

natureandco.com - Tectonics and Earthquakes in New Zealand - New Zealand ranks among the most active seismic places on earth: earthquakes occur there frequently and continuously. Detailed information with images, references, links, and books to buy.
http://www.natureandco.co.nz/land_and_wildlife/landforms/tectonics/idx_tect.htm

Plate Tectonics - Archive of articles and graphical data related to plate tectonics.
http://www.platetectonics.com/

Puzzles Of The Earth - Teaches the theory of plate tectonics.
http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/

Peter Bird's programs for tectonic modeling - Tectonic modeling with finite elements: programs, publications, figures, and abstracts by Peter Bird of UCLA
http://peterbird.name/

Applied Paleomagnetics, Inc. - Offering Paleomagnetic core orientation and paleomagnetic services including paleomagnetic fracture orientation, fracture studies in fractured reservoirs, and paleomagnetic orientation of in-situ stress.
http://www.appliedpaleomagnetics.com/

The Ground Beneath - Plate tectonics theory. Drifting continents. Plates on the move.
http://library.thinkquest.org/27026/

Tectonics - Tectonics contains original scientific contributions in analytical, synthetic, and integrative tectonics. Papers are restricted to the structure and evolution of the terrestrial lithosphere with dominant emphasis on the continents.
http://www.agu.org/journals/tc/

World Stress Map - Database containing information on the contemporary tectonic stress state (e.g. orientation and magnitude) in the Earth's crust. Users can request customized stress maps for selected regions.
http://www-wsm.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/

Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics - Full and clear information about Plate Tectonics: Convergent Boundaries, Divergent Boundaries, Transform Boundaries.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html

Study of the Recent Structural Evolution of Continental Basins in Altai-Sayan - PhD thesis on the active tectonics of Northeast Altai in central Asia focusing on structural geology, paleostress analysis, seismics and radon gas geochemistry.
http://users.telenet.be/boris.dehandschutter/PhDcontents.html

Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Cocos-Nazca Spreading Center - This article is about Plate Tectonic Evolution written by Martin Meschede and Udo Barckhausen. [PDF]
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/170_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/SR170_07.PDF

djburnette.com | Plate Tectonics and Climate - Plate Tectonics and Climate by Dorian J. Burnette.
http://www.djburnette.com/projects/climate.html

Weldon Beauchamp - Tectonic Evolution of the Atlas Mountains, North Africa. Research page with links to related recources.
http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/people/weldon.html

Geomagnetism - Information from the British Geological Survey.
http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/

Plate Tectonics - This site should give you some good information about Plate Tectonics.
http://www.geocities.com/viperdude_1024/earthquakes.html

This Dynamic Earth - View of the planet Earth from the USGS.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html

GPS Time Series - Measurements made with the Global Positioning System are sensitive enough to detect motion of the Earth's tectonic plates.
http://sideshow.jpl.nasa.gov/mbh/series.html

WEEK 3 SUMMARY: MOUNTAIN GEOGRAPHY - Lectures on Plate Tectonics by Mark W. Williams (University of Colorado at Boulder).
http://snobear.colorado.edu/Markw/Mountains/03/week3.html

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics - Diagrams of tectonics of The North Pacific and the West Coast of North America.
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/platetec/kula.htm

MARGINS Program - NSF funded program which tries to understand the complex interplay of processes that govern the evolution of continental margins by a multidisciplinary approach, including seismicity and subduction processes.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/margins/Home.html

An Introduction to Plate Tectonics - Plates movements. The theories that scientists have used to explain these movements.
http://www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/tectonics.html

Plate Tectonics - This site provides useful information about tectonics: the origin of plate tectonics, indications of tectonic activity, age of the sea floor.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/earth/tectonics.html

Plate Tectonic Reconstructions and Paleomagnetism - Web server for making on-line plate tectonic reconstructions. Includes access to paleomagnetic data and analyses.
http://www.itis-molinari.mi.it/geo.html

Tectonic Forces: by Robert Maurer - This is the origin and mechanics of the forces responsible for tectonic plate movements.
http://www.tectonic-forces.org

When the Earth Moves: Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics - Describes how investigators pursuing basic questions in ocean and terrestrial science gradually arrived at an understanding of how the planet's crust works.
http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=229

Plate Tectonics animation - Wonderful animations of Plate Tectonics movement. Including gif, avi and mov formats.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

WebDoGS Plate Tectonics Reconstruction - A collection of web goodies on plate tectonics reconstructions; links, research, animations, movies, and software.
http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/webdogs/plates/reconstructions.html