TECTONICS & VOLCANOES

Specialtopic in Geography byBernhard Marte

Contents

1. Plate Boundaries2. Driving forces of plate motion3. Major Plates4. Plate tectonics & Hotspots5. Volcanic Features6. Volcanic activity7. Effects of Volcanoes & Plate tectonics8. Predictions for earthquakes and volcanic

eruptions

1. Plate Boundaries

Transfrom boundaries Divergent boundaries Convergent boundaries

2. Driving forces of plate motion

Friction External forces Relative significance of each

mechanism Gravitation

3. Major Plates

5. Hotspots

Divergent plate boundaries Convergent plate boundaries Hotspots

6. Volcanic Features

Shield volcanoes Lava domes Volcanic cones Stratovolcanoes Supervolcanoes Submarine volcanoes Subglacial volcanoes Mud volcanoes

7. Volcanic activity

Active Extinct

8. Effects of Volcanoes & Plate tectonics On the climate change

9. Prediction for earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

Earthquakes Volcanic eruptions