Plate tectonics

lie on the ring of fire, which is somewhat rare. Mount Vesuvius in located on the continent of Europe and in the country of Italy. Its geographical coordinates are North 40 degrees and East 14 degrees. The tectonic plates below Mount Vesuvius are the Eurasian and African Plates. The plates that have interacted to form this volcano are convergent. It is still an active volcano and in the past the eruptions have been very explosive and damaging. In 79 A.D. the city of Pompeii was destroyed by…

The Boxing Day tsunami was a tragic event. Occurring December 24, 2004 an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 released a huge vibration that lasted 10 minutes; causing the Indian Ocean to draw back. Boxing Day defined by Dictionary.com, is, “(in Britain) the first weekday after Christmas, when Christmas gifts or boxes are given to employees, letter carriers, etc.” Though it was supposed to be an exciting day in places like Thailand and India it soon changed into a nightmare. With more than…

could be found all the way to Tokyo. Tephras changed chemistry over time from dacitic to basaltic missing andesitic composition. (Miyaji, 1992) The 1707 eruption is the largest recorded eruption of mount Fuji and will be discussed in more detail. Tectonic…

Luckily, a paleontologist was on the construction site to monitor the area, and found it to be a 4 million year old whale fossil. This creates the explanation for how the whale came to be there. The whale never moved. It was the earth that did. The tectonic activity in the area caused the well-preserved whale to be pushed all the way up the mountains.…

but the trailing part of the wave is still moving rapidly in the deeper water; this causes an increase in wave height that can be detrimental to civilizations. For example, the deadliest tsunami occured when a piece of the Indian Tectonic Plate slid under the Burma Plate off the coast of Sumatra and generated an earthquake. Called the Sumatra tsunami, it hit coastal areas around the Indian Ocean and killed about 300,000 people in 12 countries.…

such horror to occur. Voltaire holds that if an omnipotent God who acts upon the Earth through providence exists, he would not have let those who are innocent suffer and perish. Instead, the active God would perform some miracle, or change the tectonic plates in some way in order to spare the innocent and only punish the…

Earthquakes and Society Earthquakes are a part of this planet. These tremors can cause numerous damages to society. Such destruction, costs or changes to the Earth, can vary depending on the location of the earthquake. Many times earthquakes will cause severe harm to society and its surroundings. If for some reason, these earthquakes occur in places or areas with low populations, the results or damages, will be less. This means that if an earthquake happens in the dessert, where populations are…

fault is a neighbor to the San Andreas fault. Although, the San Andreas fault is bigger, it is said that the Hayward fault is more dangerous, because of its past large earthquake, and it has millions of people living above it. They share the same tectonic setting, and strike-slip fault as well. The first stop I made was at the Montclair fire station located in Oakland demonstrates that the Hayward fault is pushing the bricks apart. The bricks are being pushed away from each other, and someone…

history. Krakatoa is located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. The island of Krakatoa is a result of the subduction of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate underneath the Eurasian plate. In this subduction zone there are over 130 active volcanoes that make up the Indonesian island arc system. As one tectonic plate slides underneath the other,…

home. Furthermore, it was beneficial to have women holding jobs outside the home so that the family could have multiple sources of income. (104) 2. The theory that argues that the Earth’s surface is composed on large plates that float on a layer of molten rock is known as plate tectonics. (13) 4. The group of Communist Revolutionaries who came to power in the Russian Revolution in 1917 are called bolsheviks. (207) 6. The four altitudinal temperature zones of the Middle/ South America region…