Introduction
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The Great Rift Valley? Sea Floor Spreading?? The Ring of FIRE??? Danger lurks behind every boundary! You and your esteemed colleagues will investigate how plate tectonics has contributed to the evolution of the planet we call Earth. You will then determine if current protocols associated with these natural disasters are adequate.
Plate tectonics is the theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across the earth's surface relative to each other, like slabs of ice on a lake.
This site provides an introduction to the different types of plate boundaries, where they are located, and the destructive damage they can cause.
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