Accretionary vs. erosive subduction margins part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
David Pearson, Idaho State University; (James) Casey Moore, University of California-Santa Cruz; Jeff Marshall, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Eliza Richardson, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
This module examines the nature and variability of subduction margins through examination of data sets that document subduction zone inputs, deformation, and resulting morphology in different settings.

Subduction zone metamorphism part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Sarah Penniston-Dorland, University of Maryland-College Park
This module introduces students to subduction zone metamorphism through the examination of rock samples, calculating P-T-t paths, and comparing them to thermal model predictions of P-T paths.

Role of Sedimentation in Rifting part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Sue Cashman, Humboldt State University; Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon; Scott Bennett, U.S. Geological Survey; Jack Loveless, Smith College; Lisa Lamb, University of St. Thomas (MN); Andrew Goodliffe, The University of Alabama
A module in which students use field and geophysical measurements and observations of Gulf of California basins to calculate isostasy and its controls.

Overview: The Subduction Factory Mini-lessons part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Ben Edwards, Dickinson College; Chris Kincaid, University of Rhode Island; Bob Stern, The University of Texas at Dallas; Sarah Penniston-Dorland, University of Maryland-College Park

Overview: Rupturing Continental Lithosphere Mini-Lesson Sequence part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon; Scott Bennett, U.S. Geological Survey; Sue Cashman, Humboldt State University; Lisa Lamb, University of St. Thomas (MN); Jack Loveless, Smith College; Andrew Goodliffe, The University of Alabama
An examination of two contrasting rifted margins: the Red Sea and Gulf of California, leading to identification of similarities and differences associated with rifting and lithospheric rupture in each setting.

Role of Plate Motion Obliquity in Rifting part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Jack Loveless, Smith College; Scott Bennett, U.S. Geological Survey; Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon; Sue Cashman, Humboldt State University; Lisa Lamb, University of St. Thomas (MN); Andrew Goodliffe, The University of Alabama
A module that uses Euler poles to describe the relative motion between the Baja Microplate and North American Plate, highlighting how the obliquity of rifting changes along strike in the Gulf of California.

Bathymetry of Rifted Margins part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Sue Cashman, Humboldt State University; Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon; Scott Bennett, U.S. Geological Survey; Lisa Lamb, University of St. Thomas (MN); Jack Loveless, Smith College; Andrew Goodliffe, The University of Alabama
This is one component of the Rupturing Continental Lithosphere suite of mini-lessons. Students investigate the morphology of rifted margins by creating topographic/bathymetric maps and profiles across the Red Sea ...

Slab temperatures control melting in subduction zones, what controls slab temperature? part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Chris Kincaid, University of Rhode Island
Hands-on demonstrations of advection and diffusion of heat in subduction zones, and their controls on slab thermal evolution and relationships to melting, using analog models.

The Plate Boundary Fault of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake: Oceanic Provenance and Earthquake Genesis part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
(James) Casey Moore, University of California-Santa Cruz
This is one component of the Seismogenic zone Experiment Mini Lessons This mini lesson provides an example of how stratigraphy influences tectonics, and vice versa. The magnitude 9 Tohoku earthquake slipped a ...

Sediment Dispersal and Continental Margin Stratigraphy part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Kathy Surpless, Trinity University; Adam Hoffman, University of Dubuque; Steve Kuehl, College of William and Mary; Lonnie Leithold, North Carolina State University; , North Carolina State University
This module examines different sediment dispersal systems and their relationships and controls on margin stratigraphy and geometry, using data sets from the Fly and Waipaoa river systems.