From earthquakes to hydrothermal vents, see how Earth’s restless plates shape the planet. Click to explore boundaries, fault zones, and seafloor features.
Sources: Earthquake Data: National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
Vent Field Data: Beaulieu, S.E., 2015, InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields: prepared for InterRidge, Version 3.3. World Wide Web electronic publication. Version 3.X accessed 2018-01-16.
Seafloor age/tectonic data: Zahirovic, S., K. J. Matthews, N. Flament, R. D. Müller, K. C. Hill, M. Seton, and M. Gurnis (2016), Tectonic evolution and deep mantle structure of the eastern Tethys since the latest Jurassic, Earth Science Reviews, 162, 293-337, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.09.005
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