Forces in the Earth cause its surface to change over time.


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Structure of the Earth History of plate tectonics Plates Plate boundaries Forces in the Earth Faults Hypercard Resources

Plate Tectonics Activities


References

Fowler, C.M.R. 1990. The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics. Cambridge University Press, New York, 472 p.

Tarbuck, E.J. and F.K. Lutgens. 1996. Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, Fifth Edition. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 605 p.

Twiss, R.J. and E.M. Moores. 1992. Structural Geology. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 532 p.


 

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