Course Content
Geosphere: Plate Tectonics

ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

Birth of the Mountains: The Geologic Story of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Sandra H. B. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

The Dynamic Earth
José Rial, Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics
Calvin J. Hamilton, PlanetScapes

Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics
Earth Science Australia

Geologic Hazards: Plate Tectonics
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

Geology Today: Chapter 4, Plate Tectonics
Barbara W. Murck and Brian J. Skinner (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2001)

Glaciers and Glacial Geology
William W. Locke et al., Montana State University

Plate Tectonics: The Catastrophe Engine
Thorne Lay, UC Santa Cruz

On the Move . . . Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Sharron Sample, NASA/For Kids Only

Our Changing Continent
John S. Schlee, USGS

The San Andreas Fault
USGS

The Southern Appalachians: A Changing World Teacher's Guide
USGS

IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

An Animated History of the Indian Ocean
Colin Reeves, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)

A Brief History of Plate Tectonics
Kevin Robinson, Earth System Science Education, San Diego State University

Earth and Humanity: A Planetary Perspective
Charles Langmuir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
National Earthquake Information Center, USGS

NewsOne Video
ABC News

Numerical Model of the Geodynamo
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

Plate Tectonics Animations
National Park Service, USGS

Puzzling Out Plate Tectonics in 3-D
Andres C. Polit et al., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University

An Animated Tectonic History of Western North America
Tanya Atwater, UC Santa Barbara

Videos of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
William B. F. Ryan, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

Virtual Geodynamics: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Boundaries
Kent Kirkby, Paul Morin, et al., University of Minnesota

Why Are There Earthquakes in NZ?
John Taber, Quake Trackers, Victoria University

Geology Potpourri
National Park Service, USGS

EXERCISES AND LABS

Below Sea Level: Unlocking the Secret 70%
Paul Wernau and Chris Condit, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Explore the Planets: The Theory of Plate Tectonics [CD-Rom Demo]
Edward J. Tarbuck and Frederick K. Lutgens (Prentice-Hall/Tasa Graphic Arts)

Plate Tectonics
National Earthquake Information Center, USGS

Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes
David Hodell and Ray C. Thomas, University of Florida

Project ALERT: Plate Tectonics
Project ALERT (Augmented Learning Environment and Renewable Teaching), NASA

RESEARCH & POLICY

Drilling the Input to the Subduction Factory: ODP Leg 185
John Ludden et al., in JOIDES Journal (Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling)

Folding of Viscous Layers: Mechanical Analysis and Interpretation of Structures in Deformed Rock
Arvid M. Johnson and Raymond C. Fletcher (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998)

Geologic Time
William L. Newman (USGS, 1997)

Tectonic Evolution of the Japanese Island Arc System (abstract)
Asahiko Taira, in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences