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Greatest Earthquake
Science; Dr. Randy White... Links: USGS Earthquake Information Center Surfing the Web for Earthquake Data Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes The Tsunami Page This 1960 photo shows the tsunami damage to the ... movement) of the Nazca plate under the the South American continent is what caused the major quake back in 1960 (see the page on Plate Tectonics). In fact, the Nazca plate continues to dive down ...
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Earth Science | geology | A lesson in plate tectonics
Nazca and South American plates are crashing into each other. The lighter continental South American plate is riding up over the heavier oceanic Nazca plate. Deep down where the leading edge of the Nazca plate is diving down under the South American plate it's ...
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Geological Makeup of Marine Environments - MarineBio.org
African plate, the Antarctic plate, the Australian plate, the Eurasianplate, the North American plate, the South American plate, and the Pacific plate. ยป http://scign.jpl.nasa. ... the western coast of South America where the oceanic Nazca Plate is in the process of subduction beneath the continental South American Plate. The continental spine of South America is ...
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