GPH 416 Seismotectonics of he Middle East (2+0) credit-hours:

GPH 416 Seismotectonics of he Middle East (2+0) credit-hours:
A comprehensive study of the tectonics of the Middle East.  Correlation between earthquake occurrences and tectonically active regions, spreading the Red Sea, the transform fault system of the Dean Sea.  Atlas Mountains, Afar triangle, and Zagros Mountains near the Arabian Gulf.  Historical and instrumental seismicity.
 course ppt.

WHAT ARE TECTONIC PLATES?
Tectonic plates are massive pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They are made up of oceanic crust and continental crust. Earthquakes occur around mid-ocean ridges and the large faults which mark the edges of the plates.
The World Atlas names seven major plates:
African,
Antarctic,
Eurasian,
Indo-Australian,
North American,
Pacific and
South American.
 
TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
The study of plate boundaries and their motion is like figuring out a constantly moving jigsaw puzzle. Understanding the types of plate boundaries is vital to understanding the Earth’s history. Subduction zones, or convergent margins, are one of the three types of plate boundaries.
The others are divergent and transform margins.