Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of Central America and the Caribbean part of SERC Web Resource Collection

A series of illustrations with explanatory text from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay showing the tectonic evolution of Central America and the Caribbean region from 170 Ma to present.

Subducting Farallon Plate under North America part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Three-dimensional seismic tomography image showing the subducting farallon plate beneath the crust of western North America. Part of Princeton University's 'Art of Science 2009' ...

The Farallon Plate part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In this animation from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, the Farallon Plate sinks beneath North American Plate and scrapes along bottom of continent for 1,500 kilometers before sinking ...

Geologic History of the San Andreas Fault System part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This page from the USGS resource This Dynamic Earth (online edition) describes the evolution of the western coast of North America. A series of block diagrams shows how the subduction zone along the ...

Farallon Plate Remnants part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This image and short video from the NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio shows the remnants of the Farallon Plate based on seismic tomography studies. The studies were conducted by Hans-Peter ...

Google Earth Community: Magnetic Anomalies of the Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a Google Earth image overlay map of magnetic anomaly information derived from more than 50 years of aeromagnetic surveys over land areas, research vessel magnetometer traverses at sea, and ...

NGDC World Magnetic Anomaly Map part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This data demonstrates how data from magnetic minerals helps us understand plate tectonics.

Earth's magnetic field and declination, 1590-2010 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This data documents a surface phenomenon related to materials within the Earth.

John A. Martin and Associates - Earthquake Images part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website presents a large collection of earthquake related slides and images. The images and slides are sorted by topic. There are introductory slides about the basics of earthquakes as well as a ...

Earth's Inconstant Magnetic Field part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This article discusses our planet's magnetic field, which is in a constant state of change. The location of the North Pole has been moving north at an average speed of 10 km per year, lately ...