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Where were the kula and farallon plates and how might they affect the new Madrid seismic zone?
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What are seismic plates?
seismic plates, or tectonic plates, are huge 'plates' of rocks that exist beneath the earth's surface that rest upon molten rock. It is on the borders of these plates that 'fault lines' occur and these are hotspots of volcanic and seismic activity such as earthquakes.
What is seismic shifting?
Seismic shifting is the shifting of the earth's crustal plates, causing seismic activity.
Are oceanic plates measured in seismic waves?
\No
The edges of moving crustal plates are often defined by?
Frequent seismic activity
What are seismic waves and what information information do they give about earthquakes?
Earthquakes are when the seismic plates on the earths crust move after pressure from on another is exceeded, seismic waves are produced after an earthquake, and can turn into a tsunami.
Is seismology the study of tornadoes?
no. It is the study of the tectonic plates and the earthquakes that form. It studies the seismic activities of these plates. Thus seismology.
Does heat from the inner core and movement of tectonic plates produce seismic waves?
no.
Why do seismic waves originate along fault lines?
Seismic waves originate along fault lines because that is an edge of a tectonic plate. Imagine the tectonic plates as pieces of a puzzle. The fault line is the wavy side or edge in the piece and the pieces fit together. Whenever the plates move, they rub against the tectonic plates or puzzle pieces on their sides creating seismic waves.
Were the rocky mountains formed by chemical or physical weathering?
Neither. The Rockies were, in fact, a result of uplift as a result of the North American Plate rising above the Kula and Farallon plates.
How are all the seismic waves the same?
No, it depends on how much pressure the tectonic plates collide with
What is earthquake short answer?
when tectonics plates move suddenly/slip and cause a seismic wave
What is earthquake in short answer?
when tectonics plates move suddenly/slip and cause a seismic wave
