Plate Tectonic Features Mini-report

 

You will select a feature of Earth’s surface at random. Research information about your feature (recording citation information) so you can write at least one paragraph about each of the topics below.

 

  1. How did plate tectonics cause your feature to form?

- plate boundary activity

- geologic timescale

- what was there before it

 

2.  Describe the feature

            - dimensions

            - location

            - compare to others

 

3. What is happening or expected to happen?

            - ongoing plate tectonic action

 

4. Human interaction

            - effects on people: hazards, use, resources etc

            - history of discovery

            - ongoing investigations

 

5. Bibliography

 

 


 

Himalaya Mountains

 

Rocky Mountains

 

Andes Mountains

 

Sierra Nevada Mountains

 

Cascade Mountains

 

Grand Teton Mountains

 

 

Sheveluch, Kamchatka, Russia

 

 

 

Tungurahua, Ecuador

 

 

 

Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, West Indies

 

 

 

Kilauea, Hawaii

 

 

 

Reventador, Ecuador

 

 

 

Kliuchevskoi, Kamchatka, Russia

 

 

 

Stromboli, Italy

 

 

 

Ulawun, New Britain, Papua New Guinea

 

 

 

Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

 

 

Popocatepetl, Mexico

 

 

 

Lokon, Sulawesi, Indonesia

 

 

 

Asama, Honshu, Japan

 

 

 

Karangetang, Siau Island, Indonesia

 

 

 

Semeru, Java, Indonesia

 

 

 

VENIAMINOF, Alaska Peninsula, USA

 

 

 

Nyamuragira, Congo, Africa

 

 

 

Etna, Sicily, Italy

 

 

 

Karymsky, Kamchatka, Russia

 

 

 

Papandayan, Java, Indonesia

 

 

 

Erta Ale, Ethiopia

 

 

 

Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

 

 

 

Fuego, Guatemala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colima, Mexico

 

 

 

PAGO, Papua New Britain

 

 

 

Bezymianny, Russian

 

 

 

San Cristobal, Nicaragua

 

 

 

Arenal, Costa Rica

 

 

 

Piton de la Fournaise, Island of Reunion

 

 

 

Canlaon, Philippines

 

 

 

Guagua Pichincha, Ecuador

 

 

 

 

The Mariana Trench

 

The Peru-Chile Trench

 

The Aleutian Trench

 

The MidAtlantic Ridge

 

The Appalachian Mountains

 

The Albatross Cordillera Midocean Ridge

The Yellowstone Caldera

The Aleutian Island Arc

The Japan Island Arc

The Phillipine Island Arc

Earthquakes in S. California

Earthquakes in China

Earthquakes in India

The Great Rift Valley of Eastern Africa

The Iceland Rift Zone

The Carribean Island Arc

The Alps

The Mountains of New Zealand