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California Subduction Rocks — A photographic field trip to classic subduction-related rocks across northern California.
About GeologyCrustal deformation
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Field trips - virtual, real
Plate tectonics
Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes
Graphics
High School
General Audience
College

Continents in Collision: Pangea Ultima — short news piece with images
NASACrustal deformation
Plate tectonics
Info
Middle School
High School
General Audience
College

Essentials of Geology Animations — A collection of animations describing concepts of geology
W.W. Norton and CompanyGeology
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Earth structure
Crustal deformation
Plate tectonics
Seismic waves
Graphics
Middle School
High School
General Audience
Elementary school
College

Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault — Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault
Geodynamics Research Group, PSUSan Andreas Fault
Plate tectonics
Crustal deformation
Info
General Audience

Plate Tectonics, Their Cause — graphics and brief summary
Univ. of Nevada, RenoCrustal deformation
Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Maps
Plate tectonics
Graphics
Middle School
High School
General Audience
College

Science Explained, The — links to popular science articles about earthquake research
USGSBasics
Crustal deformation
Effects, Earthquake
Engineering, Earthquake
Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes
Education resources
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Geology
Hazards
Historic Earthquakes
History-Earthquakes, Seismology
Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring
Locations
Magnitudes
Modeling
Plate tectonics
Prediction
Rock mechanics
Seismicity
Statistics
Info
General Audience
College

Seismology Teaching Resources — Educational page with seismo links, diagrams, animations, and other teaching resources.
Arizona State UniversityEducation resources
Earth structure
Crustal deformation
Hazards
Seismic waves
Info
Graphics
Middle School
High School
College

Transforming California: Landforms of the San Andreas Fault — PowerPoint presentation of digital images (60.7 Mb) exploring the landforms found along the San Andreas Fault. Designed for classroom use with a complementing narrative for each slide. One of the many Earthtrip Virtual Field Trips to explore.
Paleontological Research InstitutionSurface features - Faults, Earthquakes
Societal Effects
San Andreas Fault
Plate tectonics
Parkfield
Paleoseismology
Geology
Field trips - virtual, real
Crustal deformation
Graphics
Info
General Audience
High School
Middle School

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