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Map of plate boundaries, selected earthquakes, and GPS velocities relative to NAM08 reference frame (fixed to the stable cratonic interior of North America), produced using UNAVCO's GPS Velocity Viewer.

Plate Tectonics Lab (Chapter 2)

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Important Notes

The reading assignments are in the required textbooks listed at the bottom of this document.
The completed laboratory activities assigned below must be submitted via the Canvas learning management system (LMS) before 11:59 PM Central Time on the day after the day on which your laboratory section is scheduled to meet (e.g., due before Wednesday night at 11:59 PM for a lab scheduled on Tuesday). Instructions for submitting your lab work are provided HERE.
The end-of-lab quiz must be completed via the Canvas LMS before 11:59 PM Central Time on the day after the day on which your laboratory section is scheduled to meet.

Lab Section	Scheduled Meeting	Grad TA	GTA Email
A	Tuesday starting at 12:30 PM CT	Zhao (Amanda) Wang	Zhao_Wang1(at)baylor.edu
B	Tuesday starting at 2:40 PM CT	Zhao (Amanda) Wang	Zhao_Wang1(at)baylor.edu
C	Tuesday starting at 4:40 PM CT	Sarah Kogler	Sarah_Kogler1(at)baylor.edu
D	Wednesday starting at 12:20 PM CT	Zequn Wu	Zequn_Wu1(at)baylor.edu
E	Wednesday starting at 2:30 PM CT	Zequn Wu	Zequn_Wu1(at)baylor.edu
F	Wednesday starting at 4:40 PM CT	Sarah Kogler	Sarah_Kogler1(at)baylor.edu
G	Thursday starting at 12:30 PM CT	Roy Bassoo	Roy_Bassoo1(at)baylor.edu
I	Thursday starting at 2:40 PM CT	Roy Bassoo	Roy_Bassoo1(at)baylor.edu

Lab Assignment

View the pronunciation guide for geoscience terms used in the relelvant chapter of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at Pronouncing Terms from the Plate Tectonics Chapter.
View the video introducing the material in Chapter 2 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://goo.gl/NrcXgB.
Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Section Introduction and all of its subsections, Pages 29-33.
Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Section Where Are Plates Going? Subsections Motion, but Relative to What? and Instantaneous Versus Finite Displacements and Velocities, Pages 35-36.
View: the IRIS video on Plate Boundaries & Tectonic Plates https://youtu.be/Xzpk9110Lyw
Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Activity 2.1, Plate Motion from Different Frames of Reference, p. 47-48, and submit it to the Tectonics assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE. You don't need to scan the cut-out map pieces of Figure A2.1.3 as you prepare your answer for submission.
Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Activity 2.2, Plate Motion and the San Andreas Fault, p. 49-50, and submit it to the Tectonics assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Sections GPS — Global Positioning System, Using GPS to Study Lithospheric Plate Motion, and What Do Hotspots Tell Us About Plate Motion? and all of their subsections, Pages 36-40.
View: the IRIS video on hotspot volcanism: https://youtu.be/AhSaE0omw9o
Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Activity 2.4, Hotspots and Plate Motions, p. 53-54, and submit it to the Tectonics assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
Scan/Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Section Exploring Basic Properties of Earth Materials and all of its subsections, Pages 41-43.
Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Section Earth's Magnetism and Paleomagnetism and all of its subsections, Pages 44-46.
Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Activity 2.6, Paleomagnetic Stripes and Seafloor Spreading, p. 57-58, and submit it to the Tectonics assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
View: the IRIS video on Earthquakes and Tectonics of Western South America: https://youtu.be/j1rcpx-QZqA
Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 2, Activity 2.8, Using Earthquakes to Identify Plate Boundaries, p. 61-62,
and submit it to the Tectonics assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.

Summary of Assigned Lab Activities for This Week: Activities 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, and 2.8

OPTIONAL but Recommended: Take advantage of any of the following videos:

the IRIS video on Earth's internal layers: https://youtu.be/UD7GHzIRI-s
the National Geographic Society video on plate movement from 200 million years ago to today: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/plate_movement__200_million_years_ago_to_today
the IRIS video about the forces that drive the plates: https://youtu.be/Nf8xvhb1eBE
Chris Scotese's video, 1.5 billion years of Plate Tectonics: https://youtu.be/IlnwyAbczog
Plate Tectonics, 540 Ma- Modern World,: https://youtu.be/g_iEWvtKcuQ
240 million years ago to 250 million years in the future,: https://youtu.be/uLahVJNnoZ4
the IRIS video, What is the Moho? How was it discovered? https://youtu.be/omZj4GboJ00

(IRIS is a university research consortium that Baylor is a member of — the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology.)

Required Textbooks And Online Resources

	AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, 12th edition (paper copy) Print Lab Manual ISBN: 9780135836972
	Modified Mastering Geology with eText for Tarbuck et al., Earth 13th edition* This version of Mastering Geology is used *within the Canvas LMS. ————— Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 13th Edition, 2020, by E.J. Tarbuck, F.K. Lutgens, and S. Linneman, with illustrations by D.G. Tasa: New York, Pearson Higher Education, 754 p.

How To Contact the Geo 1405 Lab Coordinator, Dr. Cronin

email: Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu

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