Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Lord of the Ring

The earth is shaking all over. Don't push our luck too far, it might just .............................



Volcanic arcs and oceanic trenches partly encircling the Pacific Basin form the so-called Ring of Fire, a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The trenches are shown in blue-green. The volcanic island arcs, although not labelled, are parallel to, and always landward of, the trenches. For example, the island arc associated with the Aleutian Trench is represented by the long chain of volcanoes that make up the Aleutian Islands. Source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/fire.html

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