Go to the Jules Verne Voyager Jr. website at http://jules.unavco.org/VoyagerJr/E

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Go to the Jules Verne Voyager Jr. website at http://jules.unavco.org/VoyagerJr/Earth.(note, clicking on the link will open a new window) Select the basemap Face of the Earth & Releif and add features Earthquakes. Click on 'Make Changes'. Turn the legend on by clicking on the 'Legend On/Off' button. Your legend is a popup window. If it does not show up immediately, try minimizing your other windows to make sure that it is not hidden behind one, or try turning your popup blocker off. And on the JVV site, change the basemap to Ocean Floor Age and add features Tectonic Plates (uncheck earthquakes). Click on 'Make Changes' If the JVV site is not working you can view the ocean floor age with a map from RiceUniversity as PDF or GIF.

Q: List 4 regions that have very deep (greater than 500 km) earthquakes and for each region listed above, what type of plate boundary is found there?

Explanation / Answer

1.Northwest South America- Transform fault boundary

2Western South America- Convergent boundary

3.Siberia-Convergent

4. Southeast Asia-convergent

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