Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

This volcanic arc delineates the boundary between the Pacific and ... This zone marks the interface where the denser Pacific oceanic plate subducts beneath the less dense continental North ...

Plate boundaries are where the action is. A large fraction of all earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building occurs at plate boundaries. It is also where most of the people on Earth live.

The San Andreas Fault is undoubtedly the most famous transform boundary in the world. To the west of the fault is the Pacific plate, which is moving northwest. To the east is the North American ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific Northwest of the ... plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move ...