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In theory, tectonic plates.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
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What is a rift in geology?
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Name three tectonic plates that affect California's geology?
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(which is sometimes referred to as the souther portion of the Juan
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What is the Definition of colliding plates?
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mountains.
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Definition of continental plates?
Tectonic plates (or continental plates) are pieces of Earth's
crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the
lithosphere.
Asked in Plate Tectonics
What are the three plates that can affect California's geologys?
The three plates that can affect California's geology is the
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Plate.
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How many plates is the earth's surface broken into?
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depending on definition and many minor plates.
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What is the definition of the plate techtonic theory?
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What has the author George Plafker written?
George Plafker has written:
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America)'
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Alaska earthquake'
Asked in Science
Science definition of plates?
Plates in science means the earth plates.The plates that are
called Tectonic Plates. These plates are under the
crust and keep moving. These are actually layers of rocks or same
kind of material.
Asked in Plate Tectonics
Why are tectonic plates considered to be a unifying theory?
it unified many of the previously isolated concepts of geology
into a single theory
Asked in Plate Tectonics
What evidence do we have that the plates are moving?
We have
a) GPS measurements at different plates.
b) evidence from earthquakes: They are caused by movement at
plate boundaries / Fault zones.
c) Evidence from geology (fault offsets)
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As the geology officer on an expedition to a newly discovered Earthlike planet how might you determine whether the planet has a crust composed of plates that move?
As the geology officer on an expedition to a newly discovered
Earthlike planet, you might determine whether the planet has a
crust composed of plates that move by chains of volcanoes along
continental coastlines.
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What word has the definition tectonic plates push together?
When tectonic plates push together, they converge,
forming a convergent boundary.
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What is the definition of geology?
Geology is a branch of science dealing with the study of the
Earth , the materials of which it is made, the structure of those
materials, and the processes acting upon them.
A very important part of geology is the study of how Earth's
materials, structures, processes and organisms have changed over
time.
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What is the definition for lithospheric plate?
The definition of Lithospheric Plate is:) Lithospheric plates
are regions of Earth's crust and upper mantle that are fractured
into plates that move across a deeper plasticine mantle. Also
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What is a slip in geology?
A type of fault caused by two plates slidding along each other,
like the San Andreas fault.
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What in geology?
about earth
^thats true, but ive done Geology as an A Level and the modules
i did involved tectonic plates, earthquakes and volcanoes, folding
and faulting of rock, what the earth is made of, igneous,
sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, the rock cycle and
palaentology
Asked in Geology, Earthquakes, Volcanoes
Explain what happens to a continental plate during subduction?
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plate is forced below the other. In geology, subduction is a
process that takes place at convergent plates.