#tectonic plate

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sup geologists...did i do ok?

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The world's natural wonders are born from violent crashes. There are bursts in which you feel the anger behind these interactions. It manifests in earthquakes, fault lines, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions.  But there is beauty, too. Jaw-dropping mountain ranges rise from the collisions, new life forms are pushed to the sea's surface, and separation forms lava trenches that warm even the coldest depths of the ocean. We can learn a lesson from tectonic plates: there is pain in this world. That pain can make you angry, shaky, destructive. And you can take that pain and turn it into something beautiful.

Tectonic Plates, by Elizabeth Walls

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আসছে আরও বড় বিপর্যয়, ভারত মহাসাগরের বিশাল টেকটোনিক প্লেটে ফাটল! ভয়াবহ ভূমিকম্পের আশঙ্কা

আসছে আরও বড় বিপর্যয়, ভারত মহাসাগরের বিশাল টেকটোনিক প্লেটে ফাটল! ভয়াবহ ভূমিকম্পের আশঙ্কা

আসছে আরও বড় বিপর্যয়, ভারত মহাসাগরের বিশাল টেকটোনিক প্লেটে ফাটল! ভয়াবহ ভূমিকম্পের আশঙ্কা

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Ring Of Ice

Prominence of earthquakes in North America and around Greenland has prompted a team of researchers led by Arctic-news blog editor Sam Carana to coin the phrase “Ring Of Ice” to describe what they see happening in the Arctic. “Melting of ice in north Canada and on Greenland is causing pressure changes, resulting in seismic activity”, explains Sam Carana. Heavy seismic activity is ocurring along the faultlines that constitute the border of the North American Plate, similar to the the heavy activity along the Ring Of Fire around the Pacific Ocean. Seismic activity roughly follows the borders of the North American Plate, which includes Greenland. However, where the major fault bends away to the west following the Aleutian Islands, seismic activity continues north through Alaska along a line that extends over the North Pole toward Svalbard. This northward path through Alaska is illustrated by the earthquakes on the image below.

“Earthquakes are prominent along the entire border of the North American Plate”, Sam Carana adds, “but they increasingly appear to be taking this shortcut through Alaska and the underlying cause of this is melting of ice in north Canada and on Greenland”. “This Ring Of Ice spells danger, just like the name Ring Of Fire indicates danger”, Sam Carana concludes. “The name Ring Of Fire warns about possible volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis. The Ring Of Ice seems even more dangerous, since seismic activity could destabilize methane hydrates contained in sediments under the Arctic Ocean, and could trigger huge methane eruptions. The fault line running from Greenland to Siberia is the most dangerous area on Earth in that respect”.

From the earlier post High Methane Levels over Laptev Sea

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Post by Sam Carana.

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Volume 10  March 2016

Film by Mika Taanila (director) and Harry Salmenniemi (script). Finnish premiere at Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki, Finland, March 31, 2016.

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Rift Valley Fault Line Splitting of Eurasian and North American Tectonic Plates Þingvellir Iceland by ngaire hart (lawson) Thank you for 7.7+ million views :-) Via Flickr: Þingvellir (Icelandic): anglicised as Thingvellir (or, mistakenly, Pingvellir is a place in the administrative district of Bláskógabyggð in southwestern Iceland, near the Reykjanes peninsula and the Hengill volcanic area. Þingvellir is a site of historical, cultural, and geological importance and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland. It lies in a rift valley that marks the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It is at the northern end of Þingvallavatn, the largest natural lake in Iceland. Alþingi (Althing in English), the Icelandic Parliament, was established at Þingvellir in 930, and remained there until 1798. Þingvellir National Park (or Thingvellir National Park) was founded in 1930, marking the 1,000th anniversary of the Althing. It was later expanded to protect natural phenomena in the surrounding area, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.