They learn where the Earth's tectonic plates and their boundaries ... 2 copies per student of Handout 2a: Plate boundary map 1 copy of Handout 2b: Seismology map showing earthquake locations ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Volcanoes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and volcanoes and featuring case studies from ...

Whatever drives the movement, plate tectonic activity takes place at four types of boundaries: divergent boundaries, where new crust is formed; convergent boundaries, where crust is consumed ...

But, in light of the ever-evolving and dynamic interplay between Earth's tectonic plates, it is clear that this subduction boundary will not last forever.

According to plate tectonics theory ... and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from Scotese about tectonic plate motions — past and present ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive ...

It is highly prone to earthquakes due to its location on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

An earthquake is extremely destructive if it occurs shallow in the Earth's crust and near population centres - Friday's earthquake in Myanmar did both.