http nssdc gsfc nasa govphotogalleryphotogalleryearth html Note I

http: //nssdc. gsfc. nasa. gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-earth. html

Note: I am not sure where this came from.

Burnet, Thomas (1635? -1715) Telluris theoria sacra. The theory of the earth : Containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things. The two first books concerning the deluge, and concerning paradise. London : Printed by R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, 1684.

PLATE Exploring Earth, Davidson, Reed, and Davis, Prentice Hall, 2 nd Edition, Figure 1. 5, p. 6.

“Plate Tectonics, ” The Basic Idea: Earth’s Dynamic Systems, Hamblin and Christiansen, Prentice Hall

Locations of the Major Tectonic “Plates” Note: this is the map I have often used. I like it, but can’t find it any more. The following one is close enough.

http: //www. maps. com/ref_map. aspx? nav=RM&cid=679, 1037&pid=12871

A Global Map of Earthquakes Also Shows the Plate Boundaries http: //wwweprc. eri. u-tokyo. ac. jp/CSS/gallery 1. html

http: //pubs. usgs. gov/fs/fs-131 -02/CUShazard. html

The San Andreas Fault http: //tapestry. usgs. gov/featur es/25 sanandreas. html http: //pubs. usgs. gov/gip/dyna mic/San_Andreas. html

A DEVASTATING EVENT: THE SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE OF DECEMBER 26, 2004 Note: I haven’t found this yet

COMPLEX PLATE BOUNDARY ZONE IN ASIA Northward motion of India deforms all of the region Creates many small microplates, and lots of LARGE EARTHQUAKES Exploring Earth, Davidson, Reed, and Davis, Prentice Hall, 2 nd Edition, Figure Box -3, p. 304.

http: //www. ngdc. noaa. gov/mgg/fliers/00 mgg 04. html

Burma Microplate Sumatra Indian Plate The process of subduction that has created Indonesia through volcanic activity, also makes it dangerous. Exploring Earth, Davidson, Reed, and Davis, Prentice Hall, 2 nd Edition, Figure 10. 3, p. 289.

http: //pubs. usgs. gov/gip/msh//climactic. html

Exploring Earth, Davidson, Reed, and Davis, Prentice Hall, 2 nd Edition, Figure Box-1, p. 444.

Seismic “Tomography” Has Allowed Us to Explore the Interior of Our Planet…. http: //www. seismology. harvard. edu/projects/3 D/ Courtesy of A. Dziewonski

Exploring Earth, Davidson, Reed, and Davis, Prentice Hall, 2 nd Edition, Figure 10. 3, p. 289.

This is what parts of the U. S. used to look like…. . Note: I haven’t found this, or anything close enough yet.

Seismic Imaging Reveals the Most Likely Places to Find Oil and Natural Gas. Note: I haven’t found this, or anything close enough yet.

It also will also reveal the locations of the next big source of energy, methane gas hydrates. http: //picturethis. pnl. gov/pic turet. nsf/All/53 KTZG? open document http: //www. uni-kiel. de/futureocean/a 2/bild 2. gif

From the movie “The Core”

From the movie “The Core”

From the movie “The Core”

This is an old print from Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, but I can’t find a reference for it.

http: //physics. missouristate. edu/New_site/faculty/mayanovic/ research_bob_mayanovic. html

National Geographic, January, 1996.

DOWNWELLING http: //anquetil. colorado. edu/szhong/ UPWELLING Courtesy of S. Zhong

http: //www. earth. ox. ac. uk/research/seis mology. htm Subduction of ancient Pacific seafloor beneath North America …. and Courtesy of Van Heijst et al.

http: //geology. asu. edu/research/deep_earth 1. html

Fantasy Writer’s Idea of the Core-Mantle Boundary…. http: //www. violetbooks. com/gallery/stjohn 4. html

Artist’s Idea of the Core-Mantle Boundary…. Note: I haven’t found the reference for this yet.

Magnetic Field Lines in Earth’s Iron Core Gary A. Glatzmaier & Paul H. Roberts, "A three-dimensional self-consistent computer simulation of a geomagnetic field reversal, " Nature, 377, 203 -209 (1995). Courtesy of G. Glatzmaier

Magnetic Field Lines in Earth’s Iron Core The Field FLIPS RANDOMLY Every Few 100, 000 Years (or so)! Gary A. Glatzmaier & Paul H. Roberts, "A threedimensional self-consistent computer simulation of a geomagnetic field reversal, " Nature, 377, 203 -209 (1995). Courtesy of G. Glatzmaier

Magnetic Field Lines in Earth’s Iron Core The Field FLIPS RANDOMLY Every Few 100, 000 Years (or so)! Gary A. Glatzmaier & Paul H. Roberts, "A three-dimensional self-consistent computer simulation of a geomagnetic field reversal, " Nature, 377, 203 -209 (1995). Courtesy of G. Glatzmaier

Magnetic Field Lines in Earth’s Iron Core The Field FLIPS RANDOMLY Every Few 100, 000 Years (or so)! Gary A. Glatzmaier & Paul H. Roberts, "A three-dimensional self-consistent computer simulation of a geomagnetic field reversal, " Nature, 377, 203 -209 (1995). Courtesy of G. Glatzmaier

Lines in Earth’s Iron Core The Field Strength has recently decreased by 10%. Are we beginning a new field reversal? ? Gary A. Glatzmaier & Paul H. Roberts, "A three-dimensional self-consistent computer simulation of a geomagnetic field reversal, " Nature, 377, 203 -209 (1995). Courtesy of G. Glatzmaier

http: //geophysics. nmsu. edu/jni/introgeophys/01_w hat_is/icore_xc. gif

Magnetic field lines in the core. Gary A. Glatzmaier & Paul H. Roberts, "A three-dimensional self-consistent computer simulation of a geomagnetic field reversal, " Nature, 377, 203 -209 (1995).

http: //www. exploratorium. edu/learni ng_studio/auroras/happen. html