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	Plate Tectonics
		All animations built from maps used with the permission of C.R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project.
		There are a number of excellent sites dealing with the modern theory of plate tectonics.
		The Paleomap project at the University of Texas at Arlington.
	www.ucmp.berkeley.edu /geology/tectonics.html (202 words)

	Understanding plate motions [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]
		Plate boundary zones -- broad belts in which boundaries are not well defined and the effects of plate interaction are unclear.
		Even though the Nazca Plate as a whole is sinking smoothly and continuously into the trench, the deepest part of the subducting plate breaks into smaller pieces that become locked in place for long periods of time before suddenly moving to generate large earthquakes.
		Land on the west side of the fault zone (on the Pacific Plate) is moving in a northwesterly direction relative to the land on the east side of the fault zone (on the North American Plate).
	pubs.usgs.gov /gip/dynamic/understanding.html (2502 words)

	Tectonic Plate Encyclopedia Article @ HillCountryArts.com (Hill Country Arts) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Where a dense oceanic plate collides with a less-dense continental plate, the oceanic plate is typically thrust underneath due to the greater buoyancy of the continental lithosphere, forming a subduction zone.
		Plate motion is driven by the higher elevation of plates at ocean ridges.
		The pacific plate, for instance, is essentially surrounded by zones of subduction (the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire) and moves much faster than the plates of the Atlantic basin, which are attached (perhaps one could say 'welded') to adjacent continents instead of subducting plates.
	www.hillcountryarts.com /encyclopedia/Tectonic_plate (5877 words)

	India Plate Encyclopedia Article @ EveryAvenue.com (Every Avenue) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is causing the Eurasian Plate to deform, and the India Plate to compress at a rate of 4 mm/yr (0.15 in/yr).
		The 9.15 magnitude 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was caused by stress in the subduction zone where the India Plate is sliding under the Burma Plate in the eastern Indian Ocean, at a rate of 6 cm/yr (2.5 in/yr).
		Closeup of the boundary with the Eurasian, African and Arabian plates; the 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at the northern tip of the Indian plate.
	www.everyavenue.com /encyclopedia/India_Plate (624 words)

	Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics
		Plate tectonics involves the formation, lateral movement, interaction, and destruction of the lithospheric plates.
		Continental rift valleys and vast plateaus of basalt are created at plate break up when magma ascends from the mantle to the ocean floor, forming new crust and separating midocean ridges.
		Plates collide and are destroyed as they descend at subduction zones to produce deep ocean trenches, strings of volcanoes, extensive transform faults, broad linear rises, and folded mountain belts.
	www.solarviews.com /eng/earthint.htm (1396 words)

	Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
		The plates consist of an outer layer of the Earth, the lithosphere, which is cool enough to behave as a more or less rigid shell.
		Plate boundaries in different localities are subject to different inter-plate stresses, producing these three types of earthquakes.
		The numerous north-south mountain ranges that dominate the landscape from Reno to Salt Lake City are the consequence of substantial east-west extension, in which the total extension may be as much as a factor of two over the past 20 million years.
	www.seismo.unr.edu /ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tectonics.html (953 words)

	Earth's Continental Plates - ZoomSchool.com
		At the boundaries of the plates, various deformations occur as the plates interact; they separate from one another (seafloor spreading), collide (forming mountain ranges), slip past one another (subduction zones, in which plates undergo destruction and remelting), and slip laterally.
		Seafloor spreading is the movement of two oceanic plates away from each other (at a divergent plate boundary), which results in the formation of new oceanic crust (from magma that comes from within the Earth's mantle) along a a mid-ocean ridge.
		Plate tectonics from the University of Tennessee (Knoxville).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml (1171 words)

	License Plate Cover : License Plate Spray and Covers to Defeat Red Light and Speed Cameras
		There is no law that says your license plate has to be photogenic!
		Once sprayed on your license plate, PhotoBlocker's special formula produces a high-powered gloss that reflects the flash back towards the camera.
		With PhotoBlocker, your license plate is invisible to traffic cameras yet completely legible to the naked eye.
	www.licenseplatecovers.net (0 words)

	A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Plate Tectonics
		The thin shell represents the Earth's crust, divided into plates; within the shell is the firm but slippery mantle.
		The ensuing theory, known as plate tectonics, has had a major impact on Earth Sciences.
		Pull the plates apart and push them together and watch what happens to the Earth.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics (183 words)

	Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics
		The theory of plate tectonics has done for geology what Charles Darwin's theory of evolution did for biology.
		The plates are all moving in different directions and at different speeds (from 2 cm to 10 cm per year--about the speed at which your fingernails grow) in relationship to each other.
		The plates are moving around like cars in a demolition derby, which means they sometimes crash together, pull apart, or sideswipe each other.
	www.cotf.edu /ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html (198 words)

	WebDoGS Plate Tectonics Reconstruction Page
		Plate Tectonics (Lausanne) - Page for the plate tectonic research interests of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), and so focuses a good bit on Euro reconstructions.
		Plate Project (UTIG Austin) - This is the page for the University of Texas Institute of Geophysics plate tectonics research efforts.
		Seafloor and land topography data - OK, not quite plate reconstructions, but this is the place for state of the art world seafloor and land elevation data.
	www.uky.edu /ArtsSciences/Geology/webdogs/plates/reconstructions.html (1454 words)

	The Internet License Plate Gallery - WebReference.com
		For you spelling bee winners who might not care for the way Rich spells "czar" both on his plate and in the name of his company (WEBZAR.COM, Inc.), Rich is quick to point out that the "ZAR" spelling is simply his initials in reverse.
		Stephen notes that this plate is the latest in his personal line of UNIX related plates.
		Among the plate anecdotes John mentions is the one where a pair of elderly ladies once innocently asked him: "Why would you advertise the fact that you are a Eunuch?"
	www.webreference.com /outlook/license/gallery.html (582 words)

	ACME License Maker (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Some plates allow any number of characters; others allow seven characters max, or eight with at least one space.
		The character colors for some plates may not be right, feel free to send corrections.
		There are currently a total of 505 different plate blanks available.
	www.acme.com /licensemaker (85 words)

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