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Use these animations on your Student Animations CD to help visualize Earth system processes. |
Seafloor spreading and plate boundaries
Watch how new ocean floor is added at the midocean ridge and volcanoes erupt over subduction zones.
Collision of India with Eurasia
Watch how the Himalayas were created.
Transform faults
This animation illustrates movement along transform faults.
Breakup of Pangea
Watch the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea and projected positions 50 million years from now.
Terrane formation
This animation illustrates the formation of terranes by accretion.
Tectonic settings and volcanic activity
The relationship between tectonic setting and volcanic activity is illustrated in this animation.
Formation of Crater Lake
This animation explains how calderas are formed, such as Crater Lake, Oregon.
Igneous features
The formation of various intrusive igneous features like batholiths, dikes, and sills is demonstrated in this animation.
Folding
This animation depicts the formation and evolution of folded topography.
Faulting
This animation illustrates normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults.
Earthquake waves
Watch how P- and S -waves are propagated.
Seismographs
See how seismographs detect and records earthquake waves.
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