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Exploring Earth, Visualization: Observe an animation showing growth of a continent

Exploring Earth, Visualization: Observe an animation showing growth of a continent

The representation depicts convergent plate boundaries. The animation shows how continents can "grow" by accumulating crustal material along their edges at convergent boundaries. One can view the animation in full motion, or choose to view the animation in detail frame by frame.

Keywords:
Middle School, Geoscience, Earth and Space Science, NSDL, Plate Tectonics, Education, Space Science, Earth Processes, Student Populations, Representation
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Author:
Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Middle School
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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No
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Unknown
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