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    This document discusses methods for measuring and analyzing plate motions, including very long baseline interferometry, satellite laser ranging, and global positioning systems. It covers relative plate motions and interactions at triple junctions, as well as concepts like Euler poles that are used to describe motion on a spherical surface. Case studies on the evolution of the San Andreas Fault are presented alongside recommended further reading on global tectonics and the framework of plate tectonics.

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    This document discusses methods for measuring and analyzing plate motions, including very long baseline interferometry, satellite laser ranging, and global positioning systems. It covers relative plate motions and interactions at triple junctions, as well as concepts like Euler poles that are used to describe motion on a spherical surface. Case studies on the evolution of the San Andreas Fault are presented alongside recommended further reading on global tectonics and the framework of plate tectonics.

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    Analyzing Plate Motions

    ENVS112 Lecture 11

    Outline
    Relative plate motions Triple junctions
    Stable Unstable

    Motion on a sphere Euler poles

    Direct measurements of plate movements


    Pre-1980s: standard geodetic measurements (optical, laser ranging) Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VBLI) Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Satellite radio positioning (using GPS)

    Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VBLI)

    SLR

    Goddard Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory

    GPS

    Relative plate motions

    Relative plate motions

    Relative plate motions

    Triple junctions

    Triple junctions

    Unstable triple junctions

    SAF evolution

    SAF evolution

    SAF evolution

    SAF evolution

    Eulers theorem

    Euler poles

    Euler poles

    Reading
    Global tectonics Kearey and Vine. Chapter 5: The framework of plate tectonics

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