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Collection:
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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
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Title:
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Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries (WMS)
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Instrument:
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Airborne Topographic Mapper
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Description:
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An image of the Earth's major tectonic plates.
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Abstract:
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The Earth's crust is constantly in motion. Sections of the crust, called plates, push against each other due to forces from the molten interior of the Earth. The areas where these plates collide often have increased volcanic and earthquake activity. These images show the locations of the plates and their boundaries in the Earth's crust. Convergent boundaries are areas where two plates are pushing against each other and one plate may be subducting under another. Divergent boundaries have two plates pulling away from each other and indicate regions where new land could be created. Transform boundaries are places where two plates are sliding against each other in opposite directions, and diffuse boundaries are places where two plates have the same relative motion. Numerous small microplates have been omitted from the plate image. These images have been derived from images made available by the United States Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program.
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Completed:
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2004-06-14
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Credit:
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*Please give credit for this visualization to* NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Studio:
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SVS
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Animator:
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Eric Sokolowsky (Lead)
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Animator:
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Horace Mitchell
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Scientist:
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Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
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Series:
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WMS
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DEPC Metadata:
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*DEPC Metadata* is available here.
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Keywords:
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DLESE
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Keywords:
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SVS
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Keywords:
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GCMD
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Keywords:
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EARTH SCIENCE
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Keywords:
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Geology
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Keywords:
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Solid Earth
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Keywords:
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Tectonics
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Keywords:
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Plate Tectonics
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Keywords:
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Plate boundaries
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Keywords:
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Plate Boundaries
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note:
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More Information on this topic available at http://neic.usgs.go…
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Web Map Service:
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*This product is available through our Web Map Service. Click here to learn more. [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…]*
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Web Map Service:
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*This product is available through our Web Map Service. Click here to learn more. [ http://svs.gsfc.nas…]*
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facet_where:
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Goddard Space Flight Center
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facet_where:
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Earth
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facet_where:
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United States
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facet_what:
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Earth
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facet_what:
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WMS
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Animation Number:
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2953
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UID:
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002900/a0029 53/plates-IMAGE
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original url:
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http://svs.gsfc.nas…
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Image ID:
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113147
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Resolution Size:
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2
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Format:
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JPEG
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Media Type:
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Image
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File Name:
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platelegend.jpg
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Width:
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300
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Height:
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113
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