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.

From Source to Sink: How Sediment Reflects the Journey from the Mountains to the Sea part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Lonnie Leithold, North Carolina State University; Adam Hoffman, University of Dubuque; Kathy Surpless, Trinity University; Steve Kuehl, College of William and Mary
This is one component of the Source to Sink Mini Lesson Set Continental margins are phenomenal places to study the modern sedimentary cycle because sediment in margin regions has been routed from mountains ...

The spectrum of fault slip part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Eliza Richardson, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Jeff Marshall, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; David Pearson, Idaho State University; (James) Casey Moore, University of California-Santa Cruz
Introduction to the different types of slip behaviors that can occur on subduction thrust, and comparative analysis of data sets derived from earthquakes and slow slip events to learn to discriminate among events.

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 ...

Sediments and carbon burial on the continental margins part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Adam Hoffman, University of Dubuque; Lonnie Leithold, North Carolina State University; Kathy Surpless, Trinity University; Steve Kuehl, College of William and Mary
This lesson explores factors that control the character and fate of carbon delivered by rivers from the continents to the oceans, using mapped characteristics and data from 12 different rivers, including the MARGINS Waipaoa and Fly systems.

Central American Arc Volcanoes, Petrology, and Geochemistry part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Bob Stern, The University of Texas at Dallas; Ben Edwards, Dickinson College; Jim Walker, Northern Illinois University
This module teaches basic concepts in igneous petrology through relating hand specimen identification of lavas to major element geochemistry, using the Central American volcanic arc as an example.

Holocene Optimum: A time of massively increased sediment discharge for Asian Rivers part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Kathy Surpless, Trinity University; Lonnie Leithold, North Carolina State University; Adam Hoffman, University of Dubuque; Steve Kuehl, College of William and Mary; , North Carolina State University
This is one component of the Source to Sink Mini Lesson Set This module is part of a larger set of mini-lessons that explores the variations in water and particulate mass flux from rivers that result from changing ...

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.

Serpentinite in Subduction Zones: How do we find it, and how common is it? part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:MARGINS Mini-Lessons
Jeff Ryan, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
A mineralogical, petrological, and geophysical exploration of the role of serpentinite in subduction zones, as highlighted in the two NSF-MARGINS Subduction Factory focus sites.

What Kind of Continental Margin am I? Active or Passive? part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:MARGINS Mini-Lessons
Laura Wetzel, Eckerd College; Cindy Palinkas, University of Maryland-College Park; Karen Bemis, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; John McDaris, Carleton College
Volcanoes, earthquakes, and topography reveal whether a continental margin is active or passive. In this activity, students use the GeoMapApp tool to work with earthquake, volcano, and topographic data to identify ...