Plate Tectonics and Seismic Waves
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The direction the plates move decides what kind of boundary you get. Push and pull the plates to build divergent, convergent and transform boundaries, watch the gap between the P wave (8 km/s) and the S wave (4 km/s) widen with distance, then locate the epicentre yourself where circles drawn from three stations meet.
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About this app
Plate Tectonics and Seismic Waves is an interactive Earth science learning app with three guided activities. Explore how plate motion creates divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries, compare P-wave and S-wave arrival times using speeds of 8 km/s and 4 km/s, and locate an earthquake epicenter by matching circles from stations A, B, and C.
Use cases
- High school students studying plate tectonics and earthquakes
- Teachers demonstrating plate boundary types
- Learners comparing P-wave and S-wave travel times
- Students practicing epicenter triangulation
Features
- Interactive diagrams for divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
- Plate boundary controls with explanations of magma, crust, mountains, trenches, and faults
- Adjustable source distance and elapsed time for P- and S-wave simulations
- Displays whether neither, one, or both seismic waves have reached the station
- Station A, B, and C controls for matching S−P times and epicenter circles
- Guided missions with reset and next controls