USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
Plate Tectonics and Sea-Floor Spreading,
Subduction Zones, "Hot Spots", and
the "Ring of Fire"
- Background and Information
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DESCRIPTION: Plate Tectonics, Sea-Floor Spreading, "Hot Spots", "Ring of Fire", and Related Topics
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African Plate ...
Aleutian Trench ...
Continental Volcanoes ...
Convergent Boundaries ...
East Africa Rift ...
Eurasian Plate ...
Hawaiian-Emperor Chain ...
Hawaii Volcanoes ...
"Hot Spots" ...
Iceland Volcanics ...
Intra-Plate Volcanoes ...
Island-Arc Volcanoes ...
Juan de Fuca Plate ...
Mid-Atlantic Ridge ...
North American Plate ...
Oceanic Volcanoes ...
Pacific Plate ...
Philippine Sea Plate ...
Plates ...
Plate Boundary Volcanoes ...
Plate Convergence ...
Plate Tectonics ...
"Ring of Fire"...
Sea-Floor Spreading ...
South American Plate ...
South America Volcanics ...
Spreading Ridges ...
Strike-Slip Faults ...
Subduction Zones ...
Submarine Volcanoes ...
Yellowstone Hot Spot ...
- Maps, Graphics, and Images
- Publications and Reports
- Items of Interest
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Active Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics, and the "Ring of Fire" - Map
-- [Map,27K,InlineGIF]
-- Modified from: Tilling, Heliker, and Wright, 1987, and
Hamilton, 1976
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Axial Seamount - Juan de Fuca Ridge Menu
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Cascade Range Volcanoes and Volcanics - Menu
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Cascade Range and Plate Tectonics - Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
-- Modified from: Tilling, 1985
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Continental Volcanoes
-- Excerpt from:
Tilling, 1985, Volcanoes: USGS General Interest Publication; and Brantley, 1994
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Earthquakes and Seismicity - Menu
-- general information about earthquakes and seismicity
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Earthquakes, Active Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics - Map
-- [Map,35K,InlineGIF]
-- Earthquakes around the world compared to plate boundaries and the "Ring of Fire"
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Geologic Time Scale
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Gorda Ridge, Juan de Fuca Plate, Juan de Fuca Ridge - Description
-- Washington-Oregon-California coast
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Gorda Ridge,
Juan de Fuca Plate, Juan de Fuca Ridge - Menu
-- Washington-Oregon-California coast
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"Hot Spots" - Description
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Island-Arc Volcanoes
-- Excerpt from:
Tilling, 1985, Volcanoes: USGS General Interest Publication; and Kienle and Nye, 1990,
IN: Wood and Kienle
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Juan de Fuca Volcanics - Description
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Juan de Fuca Volcanics - Menu
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Maps and Graphics - Plate Tectonics
-- LOTS of Maps and Graphics --
Plate Tectonics, Cascade Range, World, Earthquakes, Hot Spots, and the "Ring of Fire"
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North Cascades - Menu
-- Washington State
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Oceanic Volcanoes
-- Excerpt from:
Tilling, 1985, Volcanoes: USGS General Interest Publication; and Tilling, Heliker, and
Wright, 1987
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Olympic Mountains - Menu
-- Washington State
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Plate Tectonics - Description
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Publications and Reports - CVO Online
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"Ring of Fire" - Description
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Seafloor Spreading - Description
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Seismicity - Menu
-- general information about earthquakes and seismicity
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Submarine Volcanoes and Vents - Description
-- general information about submarine volcano, vents, ridges, and mountain chains
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Submarine Volcanoes and Vents - Menu
-- general information about submarine volcano, vents, ridges, and mountain chains
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Volcano Types - Island-Arc, Oceanic, and Continental
-- Excerpts from Tilling, 1985, and others
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Yellowstone Caldera - Menu
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Yellowstone "Hot Spot" - Description
- Useful Links
- Other Menus of Interest
URL for CVO HomePage is:
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html>
URL for this page is:
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/framework.html>
If you have questions or comments please contact:
<GS-CVO-WEB@usgs.gov>
08/18/03, Lyn Topinka