Subduction Boundaries

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Subduction Boundaries
Subduction Boundaries
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Pacific Ring of Fire
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Chikurachki Volcano April 2007
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Mt. Fuji, Japan
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Natural Events
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Tangshan, China July 28, 1976, 342 AM 8.2
10 Deadliest Earthquakes China Japan India
Iran Armenia Italy Peru
240,000 people killed 165,000 wounded
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80,000 killed in Ache Province 29,000 in Sri
Lanka 5,000 in Thailand
December 29, 2004 9.3 earthquake
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Eurasian
Rifting Boundaries
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Divergent Plate Boundary
lithosphere
lithosphere
asthenosphere
magma
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Rift Valley Sinai Red Sea
Graben Horst
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Lake Baikal