Thursday, November 10, 2011

Tectonic Plates

I am really interested in tectonic plates. I think they are truly amazing. Ever since first learning about them I have always interested. They are huge, powerful, and drastic features.

I think part of this fascination comes from learning about Pangea. It is hard for me to imagine that at one time, North America was pretty much next to Africa (I am truly just imagining this in my head--I know this was millions of years ago).

Bringing this post back to recent times, I looked up some recent news. In an article I found, seismologists are learning more and more about earthquakes.

I will be updating this post soon, hopefully with a map from ARCGIS software.

Source: http://theconversation.edu.au/tectonic-plate-forces-may-hold-secrets-of-earthquakes-4223