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Understanding plate tectonics

Few things put humankind's role on earth in perspective like the idea of plate tectonics: when you contemplate the enormous geologic forces that have been transforming the earth's surface for the past four billion years or so, questions like "Who's going to win the World Series?" suddenly seem comically trivial. If you've ever been curious about how all this continental slippin' and slidin' acutally works, click over to The ABC's of Plate Tectonics, a highly informative set of articles by Donald Blanchard. This is a great site for non-geologists who want to gain a greater understanding of subduction zones, earthquakes and volcanoes, continental buoyancy, and much more. You'll never think of the planet the same way again!

Mon, 27 Dec 1999 10:32:35 -0800