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Use Google Earth (free download for the PC and Mac, and on many campus computers) to answer the following questions. All coordinates are in decimal degrees. 6) lat: 23.57859 long: -45.018465 eye alt: 1344 mi a. What tectonic plate displacement is occurring in this area? 7) lat: 19.747737 long:-155.510863 eye alt: 1366 mi a. What is the tectonic setting of this area? b. What is the direction of the tectonic plate displacement? c. How can you tell in which direction the plate is moving? 8) lat: 12.531967 long: 43.698026 eye alt: 2595 mi a. You can observe a V shape structure in this area. What type of tectonic process is happening here? 9) lat: 15.890083 long:-23.735326 eye alt: 649 mi a. What type of tectonic plate interaction is happening here? b. What is the name of the tectonic setting when islands like these one are formed? 10) lat: 28.327210 long: 82.992291 eye alt: 1030 mi a. What is the name of these mountains? b. These mountains are the result of what tectonic process?Explanation / Answer
6) it is a divergent plate boundary or a mid oceanic ridge where the plates move away from each other
7)
a) it is an active hot spot, they can be explained by the trail of sea mounts
b) it is in the North West direction
c) the trail of sea mounts indicates the plate motion, Hawai is the youngest and as we go in north west direction we find older mounts
8)
a) this is the east african ridge, here a new ridge is forming which is seperating the african continent from eurasian plate.
9) a) a hot spot is present at the base which has resulted in volcanism
b) this tectonic setting is called intraplate volcanism
10)
a) this mountain belt is known as Himalayas
b) they are a result of continent-continent plate collision
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