Eurasian Plate

those who attempt to achieve their life long goal of climbing the tallest mountain on the face of the Earth. Despite the extremely beautiful views that this mountain range provides, it poses a tremendous threat to those who live near this convergent plate boundary. In Susan Hough’s article titled Kashmir Valley Megaearthquakes, she discusses previous earthquakes that have occurred in the Kashmir Valley, and predicts an upcoming mega quake that will someday occur in this region. By using past…

of the few places in Europe where one could see mountains of oceanic crust, not just pieces of it. Oceanic crust is an underwater mountain system that consists of various mountain chains, typically having a valley known as a rift which is formed by plate tectonics. This type of oceanic ridge is a characteristic of what is known as the oceanic spreading center that is responsible for seafloor spreading. (Geonature) The seas surrounding Greece are the Ionian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Sea of…

allow magma, volcanic gases, volcanic ash, and other volcanic material to come to the surface of the earth from magma chambers during eruption. Volcanoes exist because the earth’s crust is split into seventeen major tectonic plates, and they occur when two tectonic plates converge, and magma rises. The hole in the earth, also known as a vent, goes down into a central vent which is beneath the summit crater. At a deep depth, but is widely unknown, a magma chamber holds all of the eruption…

Dynamic Planet is an amazing branch of science. From oceanography, to currents, to plate tectonics, all of the subtleties of the dynamic planet are unique in their own ways. Our Earth, itself, is a dynamic planet. The planet contains over one thousand volcanoes, forty thousand earthquakes, and almost two hundred impact craters. All of these features come from the Earth constantly being in motion. The Earth has powerful forces that are caused by nature. Most of which can’t be seen but felt…

Introduction Geologists explanation how the Earth's surface behaves by plate tectonics theory. According to the theory, the surface of the Earth is broken into large plates and size and position of these plates change over times. The edge of these plates is the place where intense geologic activity happens. Such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building occur in areas where they move against each other, A first theory of continental drift is proposed by German scientist Alfred…

planet in the Solar System. Earth 's Tectonic Plates: the tectonic plates of our planet are portions of what is scientifically called "lithosphere", which accounts for the layer of the Earth that contains the terrestrial crust and the upper-most solid mantle. Tectonic plates account for many interesting phenomena - such as the formation of volcanoes and mountains, and the generation of earthquakes and tsunamis - through movements that happens between plates. This, in turn, can be categorized…

The earth was not only cracked but it appeared to be cracked in pieces scientist call these pieces tectonic plates when scientist realized that the earth was broken into plates they finally had enough evidence to explain how it was that continents could move. The theory that explains plate movement is called plate tectonics. To understand more about plate tectonics and continental drift we have to look deep inside the earth the earths interior consist of several different layers…

Many of those who live in central Italy near L’Aquila were greatly impacted by the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that shook the entire town and surrounding areas in 2009. After this, many of the residents in these areas took comfort in the idea that it happened once, and it wouldn 't happen again. But when houses began to shake at 3:36 A.M. on August 24th, 2016 disaster struck once again. Though this earthquake was not as large as the previous one, the magnitude 6.2 was followed by almost 200…

Volcanic Application Assignment 1. Which Plate contains the Hawaiian Island-Emperor seamount chain? The Pacific plate contains the Hawaiian Island-Emperor seamount chain. This mountain range is under water mountain range, it reaches above the sea level in Hawaii. Composed a rigid mountain range it is situated in the northwest of Kure and Emperor Seamount. Starched from the northwest to southwest beneath the Pacific Ocean it consists of many seamounts, shallow banks and reefs along the line. More…

Santorini is volcanic small island group located 200 km southeast of Greece in the southern Aegean Sea composed of five islands (Thira/Thera, Therasia, Aspronisi, Nea Kameni, and Palea Kameni). It lies on the convergent boundary of the African plate and the Eurasian plate (Aegean subplate),…